Geographic variation in resource dominance discovery in Brazilian ant communities

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1824-1836

  Feener Jr , Donald H ^a   Orr, Matthew R ^b   Wackford, Kirt M ^a   Longo, Jose M ^c   Benson, Woodruff W ^c   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coexistence; Competition; Fire ant; Formkidae; Invasive ants; Native range; Parasitoids; Phoridae; Solenopsis invicta; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOME RANGE; PARASITOID; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREATER ANTILLES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LINEPITHEMA; PARATRECHINA FULVA; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549115950     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0659.1     Document Type: Article

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