Resource utilization and coexistence of three species of Pogonomyrmex ants in an Upper Sonoran Grassland Community
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Stephen Robert | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T19:19:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T19:19:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1978-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hansen, Stephen Robert; (1978). "Resource utilization and coexistence of three species of Pogonomyrmex ants in an Upper Sonoran Grassland Community." Oecologia 35(1): 109-117. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47721> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-1939 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-8549 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47721 | |
dc.description.abstract | In an Upper Sonoran Grassland Community, three species of Pogonomyrmex ants coexist. Due to the similarity in their diets and the apparent limitation of food, coexistence is aided by the differential utilization of the available food, according to size and type. Interspecific differences in morphology, physiology and microhabitat nesting sites facilitate this division. Differences in morphology enable the foragers to handle and collect seeds of different size and, consequently, type. Differences in desiccation resistance enable the foragers to be active at different times and, consequently, incorporate different amounts of insect material into their diets. Differences in microhabitat nest sites offers the foragers different proportions of the desired food resource. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.title | Resource utilization and coexistence of three species of Pogonomyrmex ants in an Upper Sonoran Grassland Community | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Ecology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Zoology, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, IA, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47721/1/442_2004_Article_BF00345544.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00345544 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Oecologia | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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