Seasonal foraging activity and bait preferences of ants on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 348-356

  Hahn, Daniel A ^a   Wheeler, Diana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Bait preferences; Barro Colorado Island; El Ni o; Foraging; Forest canopy; Panama; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; CANOPY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONALITY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036768897     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00548.x     Document Type: Article

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