Behavioral differences between two ant cricket species in nansei islands: Host-specialist versus host-generalist

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-396

  Komatsu, Takashi ^a   Maruyama, M ^b   Itino, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant guests; Host specificity; Myrmecophiles; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INQUILINISM; MYRMECOPHILY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE; MYRMECOPHILINAE; MYRMECOPHILUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 70350378440     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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