The predatory behavior of the dominant arboreal ant species Tetramorium aculeatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 765-775

  Djieto Lordon C ^a   Richard, F J ^b   Owona, C ^a   Gibernau, M ^b   Orivel, J ^b   Dejean, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Cameroon; Predatory behavior; Tetramorium aculeatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622449     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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