A note on manna feeding by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1185-1192

  Steinbauer, M J ^a  

^a Co operative Research Centre for Temperate Hardwood Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Coreidae; Eucalypt manna; Formicidae; Heteroptera; Rapidly induced response; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; MANNA;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

AMORBUS; AMORBUS OBSCURICORNIS; COREIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0029660351     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600770641     Document Type: Article

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