Specialized learning in antlions (neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), pit-digging predators, shortens vulnerable larval stage

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hollis, Karen L ^a   Cogswell, Heather ^a   Snyder, Kenzie ^a   Guillette, Lauren M ^a   Nowbahari, Elise ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTLION; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

ANIMALS; CUES; INSECTS; LARVA; LEARNING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUPA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953187596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017958     Document Type: Article

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