Harvester ants modify seed rain using nest vegetation and granivory

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Nicolai, Nancy ^a,b   Boeken, Bertrand R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineer; Insect plant interactions; Messor ebeninus; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRANIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MESSOR EBENINUS;

EID: 84856049120     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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