Within-nest abundance of a tropical cockroach Pseudoanaplectinia yumotoi associated with Crematogaster ants inhabiting epiphytic fern domatia in a Bornean dipterocarp forest

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1139-1145

  Inui, Yoko ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi O ^b   Hyodo, Fujio ^c   Itioka, Takao ^b  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ant guest; Canopy; Cockroach; Epiphytic fern

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; COCKROACH; EPIPHYTE; FERN;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTHROPODA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTA; BLATTARIA; CREMATOGASTER DIFFORMIS; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 69149093744     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930902807734     Document Type: Article

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