Tradeoffs, competition, and coexistence in eastern deciduous forest ant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 981-992

  Stuble, Katharine L ^a   Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano A ^a   McCormick, Gail L ^b   Jurić, Ivan ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^c   Sanders, Nathan J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Niche; Nocturnal; Segregation; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DOMINANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; WOODLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84875643943     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2459-9     Document Type: Article

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