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Wave Processes in Forest Ant Communities

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Mechanisms of interspecific territorial interactions have been studied in multispecific communities of forest ants. These interactions occur through the superposition of high-activity waves traveling over the foraging areas of the influents on the intervals between the waves of dominant species. This allows the foraging ants of both species to search their territory in turn. The role of wave processes in communities is discussed.

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Seima, F.A. Wave Processes in Forest Ant Communities. Russian Journal of Ecology 33, 273–279 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016272405425

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