Elevation and forest clearing effects on foraging differ between surface - and subterranean - foraging army ants (Formicidae: Ecitoninae)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Kumar, Anjali ^a   O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Eciton burchellii; Fragmentation; Labidus coecus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLEARCUTTING; CLOUD FOREST; ELEVATION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; TREES;

ECITON BURCHELLI; ECITONINAE; FORMICIDAE; LABIDUS COECUS;

EID: 57549112378     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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