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Workers of\n A. alfari<\/jats:italic>\n forage only on the foliage and the upper parts of the trunk of their host\n Cecropia<\/jats:italic>\n , while\n C. blandus<\/jats:italic>\n nests in the ground but frequently forages and patrols pioneer tree foliage, including\n Cecropia<\/jats:italic>\n . The activity pattern of\n A. alfari<\/jats:italic>\n and the number of\n C. blandus<\/jats:italic>\n on\n Cecropia obtusa<\/jats:italic>\n was monitored hourly during a two-day period in a disturbed area in French Guiana. The maximum activity of\n C. blandus<\/jats:italic>\n occurred between 8:30 and 12:30, at which time\n A. alfari<\/jats:italic>\n had retreated within the domatia and were least present on the trunks. Even though aggressive confrontations were observed,\n C. blandus<\/jats:italic>\n workers often initiate confrontations but do not prey on\n A. alfari<\/jats:italic>\n nor exploit food bodies produced by\n Cecropia<\/jats:italic>\n , the principal food source of\n A. alfari<\/jats:italic>\n . Hence hostility appears to be the result of territoriality. Differences in their foraging rhythms are proposed as promoting resource and territory partitioning in this ant assemblage.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.crvi.2008.06.008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,8,4]],"date-time":"2008-08-04T10:02:12Z","timestamp":1217844132000},"page":"663-667","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Territorial aggressiveness on the arboreal ant Azteca alfari by Camponotus blandus in French Guiana due to behavioural constraints"],"prefix":"10.5802","volume":"331","author":[{"given":"Melanie","family":"McClure","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mathieu","family":"Chouteau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alain","family":"Dejean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3842","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"key2025102316310610366_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00317792","article-title":"Bigger ant colonies reduce herbivory and herbivore residence time on leaves of an ant-plant: Azteca muelleri<\/span> vs. Coelomera ruficornis<\/span> on Cecropia pachystachya<\/span>","volume":"91","author":"Duarte Rocha, C.F.","year":"1992","unstructured":"[1] Duarte Rocha, C.F.; Godoy Bergallo, H. 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