An experiment on ant predation in soil using a new bait trap method

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-16

  Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^a   Hasegawa, Masami ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Bait trap; Biological community; Invertebrates; Predation; Soil dwelling animal

Indexed keywords

ANT; PREY SELECTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS JAPONICA; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 0029662451     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347815     Document Type: Article

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