Soil texture as an influence on the distribution of the desert seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Messor pergandei

Robert A. Johnson

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Soil texture as an influence on the distribution of the desert seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Messor pergandei

Robert A. Johnson

Oecologia Vol. 89 No. 1 pp. 118-124 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jan 01, 1992
Vol/Issue: 89(1)
Pages: 118-124
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Robert A. Johnson

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Robert A. Johnson (1992). Soil texture as an influence on the distribution of the desert seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Messor pergandei. Oecologia, 89(1), 118-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00319023

Soil texture as an influence on the distribution of the desert seed-harvester ants Pogonomyrmex rugosus and Messor pergandei

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