Fragmentation or transportation: Mode of large-prey retrieval in arboreal and ground nesting ants

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Yamamoto, Ayako ^a,b   Ishihara, Satomi ^a,b   Ito, Fuminori ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Urban Ohte 305 ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Arboreal; Competition; Foraging; Prey retrieval

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 58149101624     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9126-3     Document Type: Article

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