@article{fdi:010066248,
  title = {{C}olony-colony interactions between highly invasive ants},
  author = {{B}ertelsmeier, {C}. and {O}llier, {S}. and {A}vril, {A}. and {B}light, {O}. and {J}ourdan, {H}erv{\'e} and {C}ourchamp, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}mong invasive species, ants are a particularly prominent group with enormous impacts on native biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. {G}lobalization and on-going climate change are likely to increase the rate of ant invasions in the future, leading to simultaneous introductions of several highly invasive species within the same area, {H}ere, we investigate pairwise interactions among four highly invasive species, {L}inepithema humile,{L}ashis neglectus, {P}heidole megacephala and {W}asmannia auropunctata, at the whole colony level, using a laboratory set-up. :{E}ach colony consisted of 300 workers and one queen. {T}he number of surviving workers in the competing colonies was recorded daily over 7 weeks. {W}e modelled the survival of each colony during pairwise colony interactions, using a nonlinear model characterizing the survival dynamics of each colony individually. {T}he least dominant species was {P}. megacephala, which always went extinct. {I}nteractions among the three other species showed more complex dynamics, rendering the outcome of the interactions less predictable. {O}verall, {W} auropunctata and {L} neglectus were the most dominant species. {T}his study shows the importance of scaling up to the colony level in order to gain realism in predicting the outcome of multiple invasions.},
  keywords = {{B}iological invasions ; {I}nvasive ants ; {C}olony behaviour ; {I}nterference competition ; {C}olony survival ; {L}inepithema humile ; {L}asius neglectus ; {P}heidole megacephala ; {W}asmannia auropunctata ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}asic and {A}pplied {E}cology},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {106--114},
  ISSN = {1439-1791},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.baae.2015.09.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066248},
}