Native harvester ants threatened with widespread displacement exert localized effects on serpentine grassland plant community composition

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 351-359

  Peters, Halton A ^a,b   Chiariello, Nona R ^a   Mooney, Harold A ^a   Levin, Simon A ^c   Hartley, Anne E ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED PREDATION; ZOOCHORY;

FORMICIDAE; POACEAE;

EID: 17144425760     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13282.x     Document Type: Article

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