On the biogeography of salt limitation: A study of ant communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 17848-17851

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^c   Dudley, Robert ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Biogeochemistry; Geography; Limitation; Sodium

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARNIVORE; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; LAND BIOME; OMNIVORE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 56649095953     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804528105     Document Type: Article

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