Environmental rugosity, body size and access to food: A test of the size-grain hypothesis in tropical litter ants

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a   Barrantes, Gilbert ^b   Ruggiero, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; BODY SIZE; FOOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0942289688     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12740.x     Document Type: Article

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