Distribution of the fungus-gardening ant (Trachymyrmex septentrionalis) during and after a record drought

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-142

  Seal, Jon N ^a   Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attini; Climate change; El Ni o; ENSO; Global warming; La Ni a; Nest architecture; Pinus palustris; Quercus laevis; Water table

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952220122     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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