Recruitment limitation and population density in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1433-1442

  Cole, Blaine J ^a   Wiernasz, Diane C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Density dependence; Density independence; Pogonomyrmex occidentalis; Population density; Recruitment limitation; Spatial organization, populations

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0038138018     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1433:RLAPDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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