Traits underlying the capacity of ant colonies to adapt to disturbance and stress regimes

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-329

  Linksvayer, Timothy A ^a   Janssen, Marco A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Ants; Disturbance; Functional groups; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ANTS; DISTURBANCE; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FOOD RESOURCES; LOW TEMPERATURES; SMALL-SCALE DISTURBANCES; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; STRESSES;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649837040     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.928     Document Type: Article

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