Wars of attrition: Colony size determines competitive outcomes in a guild of African acacia ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 993-1004

  Palmer, Todd M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mpala Research Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NEST SITE; POPULATION SIZE; TERRITORIALITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 6044249017     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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