Interference competition between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Amazonian clearings

The first case of interference competition through soil dumping in South America is documented between Ectatomma quadridens and Pheidole fallax in Atnazonian forest clearings. Workers of the diurnaly active E. quadridens arrive at nests of P. fallax at dawn, and begin to fill up nest entrances with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harold G. Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Argentina de Ecología 1994-06-01
Series:Ecología Austral
Online Access:https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1708