The influence of temperature and fine-scale resource distribution on resource sharing and domination in an ant community

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 732-740

  Stringer, Lloyd D ^a,b   Haywood, John ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diversity; Dominance; Food; Foraging; Monomorium sydneyense; Sympatry; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

MONOMORIUM SYDNEYENSE;

EID: 36448930910     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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