The hunting behavior of the African ponerine ant Pachycondyla pachyderma

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-173

  Dejean, Alain ^a,b   Lachaud, Jean Paul ^c,d  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Feeding specialization; Hunting behavior; Myriapoda; Pachycondyla; Ponerine ants

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM;

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HUNTING; MORPHOLOGY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SPECIALIZATION; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INSECT STING; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PACHYCONDYLA PACHYDERMA; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; ARACHNIDA; BITES AND STINGS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CHILOPODA; FORMICIDAE; GEOPHILOMORPHA; ISOPTERA; LITHOBIOMORPHA; MYRIAPODA; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA PACHYDERMA; SCOLOPENDROMORPHA;

EID: 79551685898     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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