Arboreal substrates influence foraging in tropical ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Clay, Natalie A ^a   Bauer, Monica ^b   Solis, Manuel ^c   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^d  

^a Colby College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)   (United States)

^d University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Formicidae; Resources; Tropical forest; Vines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BAIT; BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

COSTA RICA;

BRYOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77955250548     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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