Adaptive short-term changes in pit design by antlion larvae (Myrmeleon sp.) in response to different prey conditions

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 393-397

  Lomascolo S ^a   Farji Brener, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antlion; Behavioural plasticity; Costa Rica; Myrmeleon sp; Sit and wait predators; Trap design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE;

MYRMELEON; MYRMELEON SP.; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0035703742     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2001.9522770     Document Type: Article

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5. Food availability and the use of storage of fat by antlion larvae
6. The pit-foraging strategy of the ant lion, Myrmeleon immaculatus De Geer (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
7. The biophysics of pit construction by antlion larvae (Myrmeleon, Neuroptera)
8. Metabolic rates and pit construction costs of two antlion species
9. Spatial distribution of Pit-making antlion larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae): Density effects
10. Prey capture and competition in the antlion