Prey capture behavior in an arboreal african ponerine ant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dejean, Alain ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM;

AGILE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; DIURNAL INSECT; ISOPTERA; NOCTURNAL INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLATYTHYREA CONRADTI; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; SOLDIER (INSECT); TREE; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PHYSIOLOGY;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; PLATYTHYREA CONRADTI;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955915186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019837     Document Type: Article

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