Experimental small-scale grassland fragmentation alters competitive interactions among ant species

Oecologia

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-300

  Braschler, Brigitte ^a,b   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community composition; Dominance; Euphorbia cyparissias; Formicidae; Nest density

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

APHIDIDAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CYPARISSIAS; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS PARALIENUS;

EID: 17044396028     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1778-x     Document Type: Article

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