Finding its place in a competitive ant community: Leaf fidelity of Camponotus sericeus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Mody, K ^a   Linsenmair, K E ^a  

^a Biozentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Extrafloral nectaries; Foraging behaviour; Pseudocedrela kotschyi; Resource partition

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST SELECTION; NECTARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS SERICEUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038743157     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0646-8     Document Type: Article

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