Ant community composition across a gradient of disturbed military landscapes at Fort Benning, Georgia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-448

  Graham, John H ^a   Krzysik, Anthony J ^b   Kovacic, David A ^c   Duda, Jeffrey J ^d   Freeman, D Carl ^e   Emlen, John M ^d   Zak, John C ^f   Long, W Russell ^a   Wallace, Michael P ^c   Chamberlin Graham, Catherine ^a   Nutter, Jonathan P ^a,g   Balbach, Hal E ^h  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER; CAMPONOTUS; DORYMYRMEX SMITHI; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE BICARINATA; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 54749094479     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092-7.3.429     Document Type: Article

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