The effect of a dominant ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus, on resource use by ant assemblages depends on microhabitat and resource type

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 856-867

  Gibb, Heloise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ant assemblage; Dominant species; Microhabitat; Resource type; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; MICROHABITAT; RESOURCE USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX; IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS; RHYTIDOPONERA METALLICA;

EID: 31344443078     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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