The rise of the ants: A phylogenetic and ecological explanation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7411-7414

  Wilson, Edward O ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Phylogeny; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOREST; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; NATURAL HISTORY; PHYLOGENY;

FORMICIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 19644378267     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502264102     Document Type: Review

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