Patterns of co-occurrence and body size overlap among ants in Florida's upland ecosystems

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-201

  King, Joshua R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BODY SIZE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COEXISTENCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; UPLAND REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34447577881     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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