Food robbing in ants, a form of interfer
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Bert HΓΆlldobler
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Article
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1986
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Food robbing is a special form of interference competition in ants. It has been frequently observed in Myrmecocystus mimicus, which waylay returning foragers of several Pogonomyrmex species at their nests and take insect prey, particularly termites, away from them. Myrmecocystus more successfully ro