Is the assembly of ant communities mediated by parasitoids?

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-88

  Feener Jr , Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITOID;

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS WAGNERI;

EID: 0343603367     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900108.x     Document Type: Article

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