Title |
Ant coexistence in a spatially heterogeneous region in Central Florida |
Publication Type |
dissertation |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Biological Sciences |
Author |
Wiescher, Philipp Tillmann |
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 |
application/pdf |
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 |