Ant coexistence in a spatially heterogeneous region in Central Florida

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Science
Department Biological Sciences
Author Wiescher, Philipp Tillmann
Title Ant coexistence in a spatially heterogeneous region in Central Florida
Date 2010-12
Description In this dissertation I examine how spatial and environmental context alter the processes promoting coexistence among ant species spanning a spatially heterogeneous region in Florida. At the regional scale, ants partition between shrub and forest habitats. This observed spatial partitioning likely results from a process of environmental filtering; I provide initial evidence for links between the physiological and morphological traits of ants and their distributions along environmental gradients. Thus trait variation among ants interacts with environmental heterogeneity to supplement ant coexistence at the regional scale.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Ants (Formicidae); Community processes; Competition; Environmental heterogeneity; Species diversity; Stable isotopes
Subject LCSH Ants -- Behavior -- Florida
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name PhD
Language eng
Rights Management © Philipp Tillmann Wiescher
Format Medium application/pdf
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, QL3.5 2010 .W54
ARK ark:/87278/s622388v
Setname ir_etd
ID 192634
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s622388v