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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_007:043
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Czechowski, W.
  • Year: 2005
  • Title: Nest competition between Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) and Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Białowieża Forest (Poland)
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 7
  • Pages: 43-45
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: A conflict for a nesting site between two dendrophilous ant species, Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) and C. herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Białowieża Forest (Poland) is described. A colony of the former unsuccessfully tried to take over a log dwelled by a colony of the latter and its plesiobiotic partner, a colony of Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758. A competitive basis and a course of the conflict are discussed. Open access, licensed under CC BY 4.0. © 2005 The Author(s).
  • Key words: Ants, Camponotus vagus, Camponotus herculeanus, Formica fusca, competition, plesiobiosis.
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500