A canopy dominant ant affects twig-nesting ant assembly in coffee agroecosystems

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1954-1960

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANT; ASSEMBLY RULE; BASAL AREA; COFFEE; COLONIZATION; COLONY FOUNDING; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; PATCHINESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AZTECA INSTABILIS; FORMICIDAE; INGA;

EID: 78649434701     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18430.x     Document Type: Article

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