Within-tree distribution of nest sites and foraging areas of ants on canopy trees in a tropical rainforest in Borneo

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-157

  Tanaka, Hiroshi O ^a   Yamane, Seiki ^b   Itioka, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arboreal ant assemblages; Diel change in species composition; Environmental heterogeneity; Habitat selection; SE Asian tropics; Spatial partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; DIEL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BORNEO;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 72949103259     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0172-2     Document Type: Article

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