Plesiobiotic Associations Between Ants: A Common Yet Underreported Phenomenon in the Mediterranean Region?

Plesiobiotic Associations Between Ants: A Common Yet Underreported Phenomenon in the Mediterranean Region?

Among ants, plesiobiotic associations are defined as occasional or regular nesting of heterospecific colonies in close proximity and without any biological interdependence. Habitats with a scarcity of available nesting microhabitats and ecological dissimilarity between the involved species are supp...

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Main Authors:	Enrico Schifani, Antonio Alicata
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2023-02-01
Series:	Sociobiology
Subjects:	ant nests ant-termite associations cleptobiosis Sicily
Online Access:	http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/8547

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