Do Lanchester's laws of combat describe competition in ants?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 686-690

  McGlynn, Terrence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Competition; Ectatomma; Fighting; Foraging behavior; Lanchester battles; Leaf litter; Pheidole; Solenopsis; Wasmannia

Indexed keywords

ANT; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

COSTA RICA;

ECTATOMMA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHEIDOLE; SOLENOPSIS; WASMANNIA;

EID: 0034580829     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.6.686     Document Type: Article

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