@article {51309, title = {Mutual exclusion by dolichoderine ants on a rich food source}, journal = {Southwestern Naturalist}, volume = {42}, number = {2}, year = {1997}, month = {1997}, pages = {229-231}, abstract = {

Some species of ants recruit rapidly to rich food sources and may exclude other species from that food source (Holldobler and Wilson, 1990). These ant species interfere with other ant species by using chemical repellents or by physical means. For example, the dolichoderine ant Fornelius pruinosus usually displaces the formicine honeypot ants, Myrmecocystus spp., at food baits (Holldobler, 1982). Interference competition should be most intense where densities of ant colonies are high and when food reserves are limited.

}, keywords = {ant colonies, ant species, chemical repellents, food baits, food reserves, food source, formicine, Fornelius pruinosus, honeypot ants, Interference competition, Myrmecocystus spp., physical dolichoderine ant}, url = {/files/bibliography/599.pdf}, author = {Justin Van Zee and Walter G. Whitford and W. E. Smith} }