Food competition mechanism between Solenopsis invicta Buren and Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius
This study compared the amount of food resource depletion and interference competition at the individual and colony levels between Solenopsis invicta and Tapinoma melanocephalum laboratory colonies. The consumption of sausage, honey water, and mealworm by S. invicta colonies of equal worker number w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
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| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/270 |