Field tests of interspecific competition in ant assemblages: revisiting the dominant red wood ants

Heloise Gibb; Therese Johansson

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01794.x

Field tests of interspecific competition in ant assemblages: revisiting the dominant red wood ants

Heloise Gibb
, Therese Johansson

Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

Publication: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Abstract

5. We thus recommend that long-term large-scale experiments be considered essential if we are to distinguish between competing hypotheses in community ecology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	548-557
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Animal Ecology
Volume	80
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01794.x
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

community structure
dominance hierarchy
field experiment
Formica aquilonia
interspecific competition

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Field tests of interspecific competition in ant assemblages: revisiting the dominant red wood ants

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