Species interactions and thermal constraints on ant community structure

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-559

  Wittman, Sarah E ^a,f   Sanders, Nathan J ^b   Ellison, Aaron M ^c   Jules, Erik S ^d   Ratchford, Jaime S ^e   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHADING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

OREGON; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

FORMICA MOKI; FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 79954423233     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17792.x     Document Type: Article

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