Is nest temperature an important factor for niche partitioning by leaf-litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bornean rain forests?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-455

  Mezger, Dirk ^a   Pfeiffer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borneo; brood temperature; niche overlap; null models; Pheidole; rain forests; resource partitioning; temperature preferences; thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOREST CANOPY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; NEST; NEST SITE; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE;

EID: 77957606253     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000209     Document Type: Article

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