Extrafloral nectar content alters foraging preferences of a predatory ant

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-179

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Eubanks, Micky D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrafloral nectar; Mutualism; Nutrition; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANT; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONY; CRICKET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYDEW; NECTAR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 77951468650     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0736     Document Type: Article

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