Territory size and shape in fire ants: A model based on neighborhood interactions

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1125-1134

  Adams, Eldridge S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Ants; Fire ants; Neighborhood models; Optimality models; Solenopsis invicta; Territory size

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MODELING; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0031852781     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1125:TSASIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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