Effect of high nest density on spatial relationships in two dominant ectatommine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-643

  Schatz, Bertrand ^a   Lachaud, Jean Paul ^b,c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Competition; Ectatomma; Monodomous structure; Regular dispersion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ECTATOMMA; ECTATOMMA RUIDUM; ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 44149113065     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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