The effects of food presentation and microhabitat upon resource monopoly in a ground-foraging ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) community

In Neotropical wet forests several species of omnivorous, resource-defending ants, live and forage in close proximity to one another. Although the forest floor is heterogeneous in microhabitat and food quantity, little is known about the impact of microhabitat and food variation upon resource monopo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Terrence P McGlynn, S Eben Kirksey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2000-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
ant
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442000000200035