Linking plant and insect traits to understand multitrophic community structure in arid steppes - Frenette-Dussault, Cédric; Shipley, Bill; Hingrat, Yves (Functional ecology, 2013)
Keywords: Animal and plant ecology; Animal ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; ant communities; arid steppes; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; Body size; community assembly; eastern Morocco; Environmental conservation; Evolutionary ecology; Formicidae; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Insect communities; Insect ecology; insect functional traits; Insect taxonomy; Insecta; Invertebrates; partial Mantel test; Plant ecology; Plants; Species; Synecology; Vegetation; vegetation structure; Morocco; North Africa; Africa; Community structure; eastern Morocco; Formicidae; Arid environment; Functional trait; Insecta; partial Mantel test; Social insect; Formicoidea; ant communities; insect functional traits; Partial; arid steppes; Steppe; Arthropoda; Hymenoptera; Invertebrata; East; Vegetation structure; Community; community assembly; Aculeata