Nesting and food resources of syntopic species of the ant genus Polyrhachis (hymenoptera, formicidae) in West-Malaysia

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-425

  Liefke, C ^a   Dorow, W H O ^b   Holldobler B ^c   Maschwitz, U ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony structure; Formicidae; Nesting habits; Nutrition habits; Polyrhachis; Recruitment systems

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING;

MALAYSIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYRHACHIS;

EID: 0031742672     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050098     Document Type: Article

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