Bottom-up control and co-occurrence in complex communities: Honeydew and nectar determine a rainforest ant mosaic

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 344-358

  Blüthgen, Nico ^a,b   Stork, Nigel E ^c   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; NECTAR; RAINFOREST; TERRITORIALITY;

ANONYCHOMYRMA; ANONYCHOMYRMA GILBERTI; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; OECOPHYLLA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA;

EID: 4043145100     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12687.x     Document Type: Article

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