Resource discovery versus resource domination in ants: A functional mechanism for breaking the trade-off

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 484-490

  Davidson, Diane W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Behavioural dominance; Ecological dominance; Exploitative competition; Interference competition; Numerical dominance; Phylogeny; Resource balance model territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031763577     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00145.x     Document Type: Review

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