Spatial structure and nest demography reveal the influence of competition, parasitism and habitat quality on slavemaking ants and their hosts
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Natural communities are structured by intra-guild competition, predation or parasitism and the abiotic environment. We studied the relative importance of these factors in two host-social parasite ecosystems in three ant communities i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-03-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/11/9 |