A quantitative comparison of the behavioral reactions of lasius flavus ant workers (Formicidae) toward the guest beetle claviger testaceus (pselaphidae), ant larvae, intruder insects and cadavers

Sociobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-170

  Cammaerts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cadavers; Claviger; Intruders; Larvae; Lasius; Myrmecophile

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644450515     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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