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

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.

Keywords

community structure; dominance hierarchy; field experiment; Formica aquilonia; interspecific competition

Published in

Journal of Animal Ecology
2011, volume: 80, number: 3, pages: 548-557
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Gibb, Heloise

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Löfroth, Therese

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01794.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47021