Intercolonial interactions and nestmate discrimination in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

M. D. Breed; T. M. Stiller; J. H. Fewell; J. M. Harrison

doi:10.2307/2388208

Intercolonial interactions and nestmate discrimination in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

M. D. Breed, T. M. Stiller, J. H. Fewell, J. M. Harrison

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At La Selva, Costa Rica, workers near colony entrances express discrimination of nestmates from non-nestmates by attacking the latter. Foragers engage in scramble competition with non-nestmates for large ephemeral food resources; agonism may occur secondarily in this context. Nests are significantly overdispersed, but discrete territorial boundaries are apparently not defended. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	301-306
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biotropica
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2388208
State	Published - Jan 1 1991
Externally published	Yes

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