Testing trade‐offs and the dominance–impoverishment rule among ant communities
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DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13911
Abstract: Ant communities are believed to be structured by competition, with dominant species competitively excluding subordinates (the dominance–impoverishment rule). However, a high number of seemingly similar species coexist, possibly due to interspecific trade‐offs. Here, we examine… read more here.
Keywords: impoverishment rule; dominance impoverishment; ant communities; trade offs ... See more keywords