Feeding preferences in African ponerine ants: A cafeteria experiment (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 555-568

  Dejean, A ^a   Schatz, B ^b   Orivel, J ^c   Beugnon, G ^b   Lachaud, J P ^b,d   Corbara, B ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Arthropod eggs; Isopods; Myriapods; Ponerinae; Predation; Specialization; Termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033456309     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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