Temporal and spatial patterns in the emigrations of the army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus in the montane forest of Mt Kenya

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 532-540

  Schöning, Caspar ^a,d   Njagi, Washington M ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b University of Bristol ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition; Encounters; Nest relocation; Nomadism; Swarm raiding

Indexed keywords

ANT; EMIGRATION; FORAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MONTANE FOREST; NEST; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOMMA; DORYLUS MOLESTUS;

EID: 33645020016     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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