Patterns in foraging and nesting ecology in the neotropical ant, Gnamptogenys moelleri (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Cogni, R ^a,b   Oliveira, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Foraging; Gnamptogenys; Nesting; Ponerinae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; GNAMPTOGENYS; GNAMPTOGENYS MOELLERI; INVERTEBRATA; PONERINAE;

EID: 2642518218     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0711-3     Document Type: Article

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