Prey capture behavior of the arboreal ponerine ant Pachycondyla goeldii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Orivel, J ^a   Souchal, A ^a   Cerdan, P ^b   Dejean, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b HYDRECO   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Pachycondyla; Ponerinae; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039619869     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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