[PDF][PDF] Is competition a significant hallmark of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ecology

X Cerdá, X Arnan, J Retana - Myrmecological News, 2013‏ - researchgate.net
Community ecology has a clear need to develop an understanding of the structure and
dynamics of natural communities. Interspecific competition is considered key in structuring …

Ant mosaics in a tropical rainforest in Australia and elsewhere: a critical review

N Bluethgen, NE Stork - Austral Ecology, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
The concept of 'ant mosaics' has been established to describe the structure of arboreal ant
communities in plantations and other relatively simple forest systems. It is essentially built …

[ספר][B] Ant ecology

L Lach, C Parr, K Abbott - 2010‏ - books.google.com
Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

Experimental evidence that human impacts drive fire ant invasions and ecological change

JR King, WR Tschinkel - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2008‏ - pnas.org
Biological invasions are often closely associated with human impacts and it is difficult to
determine whether either or both are responsible for the negative impacts on native …

How does habitat complexity affect ant foraging success? A test using functional measures on three continents

H Gibb, CL Parr - Oecologia, 2010‏ - Springer
Habitat complexity can mediate key processes that structure local assemblages through
effects on factors such as competition, predation and foraging behaviour. While most studies …

Interference competition by Argentine ants displaces native ants: implications for biotic resistance to invasion

AD Rowles, DJ O'Dowd - Biological invasions, 2007‏ - Springer
Abstract The Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Dolichoderinae) is one of the most
widespread invasive ant species in the world. Throughout its introduced range, it is …

Experimental evidence that the introduced fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, does not competitively suppress co-occurring ants in a disturbed habitat

JR King, WR Tschinkel - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2006‏ - JSTOR
1. The fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is a globally distributed invasive ant that is largely
restricted to disturbed habitats in its introduced range. For more than half a century …

Does structural complexity determine the morphology of assemblages? An experimental test on three continents

H Gibb, CL Parr - PLoS One, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Understanding how species will respond to global change depends on our ability to
distinguish generalities from idiosyncrasies. For diverse, but poorly known taxa, such as …

Dominant ants can control assemblage species richness in a South African savanna

CL Parr - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2008‏ - JSTOR
1. Competition is considered a key factor structuring many communities, and has been
described as the'hallmark'of ant ecology. Dominant species are thought to play a key role …

Not enough niches: non‐equilibrial processes promoting species coexistence in diverse ant communities

AN Andersen - Austral Ecology, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Explanations for species coexistence in ant communities have traditionally focused on niche
partitioning, particularly relating to differences in diet, foraging times and nesting …