Rates of predation by scouting-and-recruiting ants on the brood of a swarm-founding wasp in Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 719-724

  Bouwma, Andrew M ^a,b   Howard, Kenneth J ^a   Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant predation; Camponotus; Crematogaster; Polistinae; Polybia occidentalis; Solenopsis; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION; SURVIVORSHIP; SWARMING; WASP;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; POLISTINAE; POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 34848922717     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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