Nesting Associations without Interdependence: A Preliminary Review on Plesiobiosis in Ants

Plesiobiosis, the most basic form of interspecific associations in ants, denotes occasional or regular nesting of heterospecific colonies of certain species pairs in close proximity to each other without biological interdependence. Plesiobionts differ from each other both in morphology and in behavi...

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Main Authors: Orsolya Kanizsai, Gábor Lőrinczi, László Gallé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/238602
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