Hunting efficacy of workers from incipient colonies in the myrmicine ant Myrmicaria opaciventris (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-134

  Kenne, M ^a   Schatz, B ^b   Feneron R ^c   Dejean, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Hunting strategies; Myrmicaria opaciventris; Myrmicinae; Young workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354853     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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