Who is the top dog in ant communities? Resources, parasitoids, and multiple competitive hierarchies

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-652

  LeBrun, Edward G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Dominance hierarchy; Formicidae; Phoridae; Trait mediated indirect effect

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 13844256952     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1763-4     Document Type: Article

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