Directed aerial descent behavior in African canopy ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-171

  Yanoviak, S P ^a,d   Fisher, B L ^b   Alonso, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Canopy; Gabon; Gliding; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; CATAULACUS; CATAULACUS ERINACEUS; CEPHALOTES ATRATUS; ERINACEIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 42449120918     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9116-5     Document Type: Article

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