Assembly rules of ground-foraging ant assemblages are contingent on disturbance, habitat and spatial scale

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1632-1641

  Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b   Wittman, Sarah E ^b   Ratchford, Jaime S ^c,e   Ellison, Aaron M ^d   Jules, Erik S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community structure; Disturbance; Fire; Formicidae; Niche partitioning; Siskiyou Mountains

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

NORTH AMERICA; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34548129974     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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