Effects of three species of Chihuahuan Desert ants on annual plants and soil properties

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-400

  Whitford, W G ^a   Barness, G ^b   Steinberger, Y ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster cockerelli; Generalist foragers; Honey pot ants; Microbial biomass; Myrmecocystus depilis; Persistent nests; Pogonomyrmex rugosus; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANT; CATENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

APHAENOGASTER COCKERELLI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MYRMECOCYSTUS DEPILIS; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 39749163420     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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