Notes on birds that follow army ants in the northern Andes

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Rios, Margarita ^a,c   Londoño, Gustavo ^a,d   Biancucci, Luis ^b  

^a Fundacion EcoAndina   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Army ants; Birds; Labidus praedator; Opportunistic; Specialized

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349110513     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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