Spatial habitat heterogeneity influences competition and coexistence in an African acacia ant guild

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2843-2855

  Palmer, Todd M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acacia ants; Acacia drepanolobium; Ant plant mutualism; Colony size; Crematogaster; Kenya; Patch dynamics; Resource competition; Spatial heterogeneity; Species coexistence; Stable isotope; Tetraponera

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PATCH DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; TETRAPONERA;

EID: 1342288361     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0528     Document Type: Article

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