Nest site selection by two polistine wasps: The influence of Acacia-Pseudomyrmex associations against predation by army ants (Hymenoptera)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-146

  Dejean, A ^a   Orivel, J ^b   Corbara, B ^a   Olmsted, I ^c   Lachaud, J P ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acacia Pseudomyrmex associations; Nest site selection; Protection against army ants; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354818     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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