Effects of colony-level variation on competitive ability in the invasive Argentine ant

By D. Holway, T. Case. 2001

103 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. N. Tsutsui
2. Kirsten Lee Abbott
3. A. Suarez
4. Lori Lach
5. D. O'dowd
6. A. D. Rowles
7. P. J. Lester
8. T. Case

In Genetics

1. Kirsten Lee Abbott
2. N. Tsutsui
3. Lori Lach
4. A. Suarez
5. D. O'dowd
6. A. D. Rowles
7. P. J. Lester
8. T. Case

In Insect Science

1. Lori Lach
2. D. O'dowd
3. A. D. Rowles
4. N. Tsutsui
5. Kirsten Lee Abbott
6. A. Suarez
7. P. J. Lester
8. D. Holway

Citations in the corpus

• Wars of attrition: colony size determines competitive outcomes in a guild of African acacia ants (2004, background): “…Wilson 1978; Lynch et al. 1980; Vepsäläinen 1982; Fellers 1987; Adams 1990; Paulson & Akre 1991; Morrison 1996; Holway et al. 1998; McGlynn 1999), very few experimental studies have addressed how colony size influences interspecific competition within ant guilds (Holway 1999; Holway & Case 2001).”
• The Colony Structure and Population Biology of Invasive Ants (2003, background): “Thus, unicolonial invaders can prevail in competitive interactions with native species via numerical superiority (Human & Gordon 1996; Holway 1999; Morrison 2000; Holway & Case 2001).”
• The Causes and Consequences of Ant Invasions (2002, methodology): “Numerical advantages enjoyed by invasive ants contribute greatly to their interference ability (Greenslade 1971, Tremper 1976, Holway 1999, Morrison 2000, Holway & Case 2001).”
• Interference and exploitation competition of three nectar-thieving invasive ant species (2005, background): “While several studies have investigated the relationship between colony size and resource defense in ants (e.g., Duarte Rocha and Godoy Bergallo, 1992; Holway and Case, 2001 ), the effect of number of ants at a resource seems relatively unstudied.”
• Determinants for the successful establishment of exotic ants in New Zealand (2005, background): “Larger colonies of red imported fire ants are able to survive for longer durations in stressful conditions (Kaspari & Vargo, 1995) and Argentine ant colonies are more competitive with larger numbers of workers (Holway & Case, 2001).”
• ROLE OF ABIOTIC FACTORS IN GOVERNING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INVASION: A TEST WITH ARGENTINE ANTS (2002, background): “Because the competitive prowess of the Argentine ant hinges on numerical advantages (Holway 1999, Holway and Case 2001), in relatively mesic environments, Argentine ants are more likely to maintain the large, active worker forces required to displace native ants.”
• Interference competition by Argentine ants displaces native ants: implications for biotic resistance to invasion (2006, result): “Although we recorded only the category of interspecific aggression in each encounter, Argentine ants initiated most interactions in other studies (Lieberburg et al. 1975; Human and Gordon 1999; Holway and Case 2001).”
• Supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on an oceanic island: Forager activity patterns, density and biomass (2005, background): “Several invasive ant species have recently been shown to span a continuum of densities in spatially expansive and interconnected supercolonies (Hoffmann et al., 1999; Holway and Case, 2001; Giraud et al., 2002; Helms and Vinson, 2003; Abbott, 2004; Heller, 2004).”
• Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant (2002, background): “Specifically, the numerical advantages key to the Argentine ant’s success in displacing native species (Holway 1999; Holway & Case 2001 ) may result from the reduced mortality, higher foraging rates and greater brood production resulting from an abandonment of costly intraspecific territorial defen”