Collapse of an ant-scale mutualism in a rainforest on Christmas Island

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1238-1246

  Abbott, Kirsti L ^a,b   Green, Peter T ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b La Trobe Univ ^*  (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; BARRINGTONIA; BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INOCARPUS FAGIFER; SYZYGIUM NERVOSUM;

EID: 34250724389     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15629.x     Document Type: Article

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