Discovery Dominance Tradeoff: The Case of Pheidole subarmata and Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Neotropical Pastures

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 999-1006

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ant mosaic; ants; pastures; scramble competition; spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASTURE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICARAGUA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICARAGUA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE SUBARMATA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 80054104816     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10190     Document Type: Article

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