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Competitive pressure by territorials promotes the utilization of unusual food source by subordinate ants in temperate European woodlands

Authors :
István Maák
Roxana Nicoară
Wojciech Czechowski
Piotr Ślipiński
Katalin Erős
Hanna Babik
Bálint Markó
Source :
Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 32:457-465
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2020.

Abstract

In the presence of territorial dominant ant species, lower-ranked ants change their foraging strategy by shifting their activity in time and space and by switching to suboptimal food sources. Altho...

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ISSN :
18287131 and 03949370
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Ethology Ecology & Evolution
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........364f774b1eb2675f93ba6ddcabb74cbb