Do battles lead to coexistence? Role of interference competition in structuring the insect community on fermented tree sap

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 552-558

  Yoshimoto, Jiichiro ^a   Kakutani, Takehiko ^b   Nishida, Takayoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Fighting behaviour; Foraging; Removal experiment; Vespa mandarinia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLEOPTERA; EPURAEA; HAPTONCUS; HEXAPODA; JAPONICA; LASIUS JAPONICUS; NITIDULIDAE; VESPA MANDARINIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 34848874097     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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