The relative importance of spatial vs. Temporal variability in generating a conditional mutualism

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Billick, Ian ^a   Tonkel, Kirk ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Density dependence; Formica obscuripes; Mutualism, conditional; Publilia modesta; Spatial vs. temporal variability; Treehoppers

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MUTUALISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICA; FORMICA OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA MODESTA;

EID: 0041813263     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0289:TRIOSV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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