Scale of recruitment limitation in the Western Harvester Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 738-742

  Billick, Ian ^a   Cole, Blaine J ^a   Wiernasz, Diane C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Pogonomyrmex; Recruitment limitation; Western harvester ants

Indexed keywords

ANT; LIMITING FACTOR; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 4344580095     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0738:SORLIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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