Antbirds parasitize foraging army ants

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 555-559

  Wrege, Peter H ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b   Mandel, James T ^a,b   Rassweiler, Thomas ^b,c   Couzin, Iain D ^b,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Oxford ^*  (United States)

^d BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant following bird guild; Antbirds; Army ants; Eciton burchellii; Ecitonini; Formicariidae; Interspecific competition; Leaf litter arthropod community; Parasitism; Social hymenopterans

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITISM; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; ECITON BURCHELLI; ECITONINI; FORMICARIIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 15244362375     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1133     Document Type: Article

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