Interspecific competition among ants in the boreal forest: Testing predictions from a linear hierarchical competition model

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Alinvi, O ^a   Bohlin, J ^a   Ball, J P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community composition; Competition; Nest density; Transitive hierarchy; Wood ants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST; NICHE OVERLAP; PARASITE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UMEA; VASTERBOTTEN;

ACHILLEA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX; MYRMICA; SERVIFORMICA;

EID: 39749135376     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0964-3     Document Type: Article

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