Factors determining nest distribution in the high-mountain ant proformica longiseta (hymenoptera formicidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-338

  Fernandez Escudero I ^a,b   Tinaut, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Budding; Density dynamics; Distribution; Proformica longiseta; Random distribution

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPETITION; DENSITY; NEST; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA;

EID: 0343938833     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522817     Document Type: Article

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