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Research article2011Peer reviewed

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

Gibb, Heloise; Johansson, Therese

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