The effects of proximity and colony age on interspecific interference competition between the desert ants Pogonomyrmex barbatus and Aphaenogaster cockerelli

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 376-382

  Barton, Kasey E ^a,b   Sanders, Nathan J ^a,c   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER COCKERELLI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0036810771     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0376:TEOPAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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