A novel interference behaviour: Invasive wasps remove ants from resources and drop them from a height

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-667

  Grangier, Julien ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ants; Asymmetric competition; Interference behaviour; Invasive wasps

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCOMOTION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WASP;

FORMICIDAE; PROLASIUS ADVENUS; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 80053910884     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0165     Document Type: Article

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