Long-term partitioning of space between two territorial species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their effect on subordinate species

Competition is a major force organizing ant communities and results in co-occurring species evolving different strategies for foraging and use of space. Territorial species, as top dominants exclude each other, while shaping the local ant communities both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this st...

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Main Authors: Wojciech CZECHOWSKI, Bálint MARKÓ, Alexander RADCHENKO, Piotr ŚLIPIŃSKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2013-04-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201302-0019_Long-term_partitioning_of_space_between_two_territorial_species_of_ants_Hymenoptera_Formicidae_and_their_eff.php