Interactive disturbance effects of two disparate ecosystem engineers in North American shortgrass steppe

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Alba Lynn, Christina ^a   Detling, James K ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvester ant nests; Plant community; Plant animal interactions; Prairie dog mounds; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANT; CANID; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POACEAE; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 48149115361     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1068-0     Document Type: Article

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