Worker size and seed size selection in 'seed'-collecting ant ensembles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in primary rain forests on Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-693

  Pfeiffer, Martin ^a   Nais, Jamili ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Sabah Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant seed interaction; Community ecology; Dispersal; Null model; Pheidole; Predation; Resource partioning; Size matching; South East Asia; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LEAF LITTER; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY SIZE; RAINFOREST; SEED SIZE; WORKER CASTE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LOPHOMYRMEX; ODONTOPONERA; OLIGOMYRMEX; PARATRECHINA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLOGETON; RECURVIDRIS;

EID: 33750302068     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003622     Document Type: Article

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