Association between granivorous ants Pogonomyrmex pronotalis, P. rastratus and P. inermis, and roads inthe central Monte desert;Asociación de las hormigas granívoras Pogonomyrmex pronotalis, P. rastratus y P. inermis con caminos en el Monte central

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Pirk, Gabriela I ^a,b   de Casenave, Javier Lopez ^a,b   Pol, Rodrigo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diet; Foraging activity; Nesting sites; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX INERMIS; POGONOMYRMEX PRONOTALIS; POGONOMYRMEX RASTRATUS;

EID: 3543082270     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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