Morphological dispersion of Rhytidoponera assemblages: The importance of spatial scale and null model

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2728-2736

  Nipperess, David A ^a   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Competition; Ecomorphology; Formicidae; Morphological dispersion; Rhytidoponera; Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASSEMBLY RULE; DISPERSION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; STURT NATIONAL PARK; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; OTUS; RHYTIDOPONERA;

EID: 7544224031     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0741     Document Type: Article

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