Ecological morphospace of New World ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-142

  Weiser, Michael D ^a,c   Kaspari, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging; Formicidae; Morphology; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FORAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33645850105     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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