TY - JOUR
T1 - Territories of the African Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda [Latreille]); A Field Study
AU - Hoelldobler, Berthold
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - The African weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda) is known to be highly aggressive toward conspecific aliens. In the study area Shimba Hills Reserve (Kenya) individual territories sometimes covered an area of up to approximately 1600 m2, comprising 17 major trees. The territorial defense is organized by an elaborate defense recruitment system, which can also be aimed against several other ant species, which are potential competitors of Oecophylla for essential resources. This selective “enemy identification” seems to be the major behavioral mechanism by which the mosaic distribution of ecologically dominant ants is regulated. 1979 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
AB - The African weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda) is known to be highly aggressive toward conspecific aliens. In the study area Shimba Hills Reserve (Kenya) individual territories sometimes covered an area of up to approximately 1600 m2, comprising 17 major trees. The territorial defense is organized by an elaborate defense recruitment system, which can also be aimed against several other ant species, which are potential competitors of Oecophylla for essential resources. This selective “enemy identification” seems to be the major behavioral mechanism by which the mosaic distribution of ecologically dominant ants is regulated. 1979 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb00683.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb00683.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85005560552
SN - 0044-3573
VL - 51
SP - 201
EP - 213
JO - Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie
JF - Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie
IS - 2
ER -