@article {50836,
	title = {The functional significance of cemented nest caps of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex maricopa},
	journal = {Journal of Arid Environments},
	volume = {53},
	year = {2003},
	note = {//USDA//LTER IV//},
	month = {2003},
	pages = {281-284},
	abstract = {<p>Harvester ants, <i>Pogonomyrmex maricopa</i>, construct cemented caps on the sand mound nests in a fine sand dune area. The caps are approximately 60\% calcium carbonate that is transported from the underlying calcium carbonate layers. The caps protect the nest structure from being eroded away during high-wind periods. Partial erosion of the cemented caps adds calcium carbonate to the sand dune soils.</p>
},
	keywords = {ant nest, soil effects, ant, calcium carbonate, ant, harvester ant, ant, Pogonomyrmex, article, articles, calcium carbonate, ants, journal, journals, wind erosion, ants},
	doi = {10.1006/jare.2002.1039},
	url = {files/bibliography/JRN00399.pdf},
	author = {Walter G. Whitford}
}
