Predation and patchiness in the tropical litter: Do swarm-raiding army ants skim the cream or drain the bottle?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 818-823

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b   Powell, Scott ^c,f   Lattke, John ^d   O'Donnell, Sean ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown food webs; Density dependence; Invertebrates; Predation; Prey choice; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; FOOD WEB; FOREST FLOOR; ISOPOD; LITTER; PATCHINESS; PREDATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; RAINFOREST; SOLDIER CASTE; SPECIALIZATION; SWARMING; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ECUADOR; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; VENEZUELA;

COLEOPTERA; ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LABIDUS; LABIDUS PRAEDATOR;

EID: 79958030107     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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