Coexistence between Cyphomyrmex ants and dominant populations of Wasmannia auropunctata

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-96

  Grangier, Julien ^a   Le Breton, Julien ^a   Dejean, Alain ^a   Orivel, Jérôme ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Cyphomyrmex; Dear enemy phenomenon; Habituation; Wasmannia auropunctata

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COEXISTENCE; HABITUATION; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANT; ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HABITUATION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYPHOMYRMEX; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 33845201525     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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