Environmental heterogeneity and interspecific interactions influence nest occupancy by key seed-dispersing ants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-468

  Warren, Robert J ^a   Giladi, Itamar ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster picea; Aphaenogaster rudis; biotic interactions; community ecology; Lasius alienus

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; NESTING; NICHE; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEORGIA; HUMIDITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862561224     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12027     Document Type: Article

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