Ant assemblage on a coffee farm: Spatial mosaic versus shifting patchwork

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-48

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ant mosaic; competitive hierarchies; Formicidae; intransitivity; spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; COEXISTENCE; COFFEE; DOMINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PLANTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEXICO;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COFFEA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEXICO;

EID: 84873539823     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12107     Document Type: Article

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