The predatory behaviour of a tramp ant species in its native range

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 328, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1025-1030

  Kenne, Martin ^a   Mony, Ruth ^a   Tindo, Maurice ^a   Kamaha Njaleu, Lydie Carole ^a   Orivel, Jerôme ^b   Dejean, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Paratrechina longicornis; Predatory behaviour; Tramp ants

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY;

FORMICIDAE; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 28044442926     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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