Variation in communities of seed-dispersing ants in habitats with different disturbance in Knox County, Ohio

Ohio Journal of Science

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Heithaus, E Raymond ^a   Humes, Marcia ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

KNOX COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SANGUINARIA; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642545579     PISSN: 00300950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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