Tropical arboreal ant mosaics: Innate attraction and imprinting determine nest site selection in dominant ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 219-225

  Djieto Lordon, Champlain ^a   Dejean, Alain ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arboreal ant mosaic; Innate attraction Imprinting; Nest site selection; Oecophylla longinoda; Tetramorium aculeatum

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEST SITE;

FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; OECOPHYLLA LONGINODA; TETRAMORIUM ACULEATUM;

EID: 0032949001     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050556     Document Type: Article

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