Food habits of Aenictus army ants and their effects on the ant community in a rain forest of Borneo

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-49

  Hirosawa, H ^a,c   Higashi, S ^a,c   Mohamed, M ^b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c Poring Substation   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aenictus; Ant community; Army ants; Borneo

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RAINFOREST;

MALAYSIA;

AENICTUS GRACILIS; AENICTUS LAEVICEPS; CAMPONOTUS; CREMATOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA; POLYRHACHIS; PSEUDOLASIUS; TECHNOMYMEX;

EID: 0033999023     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050007     Document Type: Article

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