The largest animal association centered on one species: The army ant eciton burchellii and its more than 300 associates

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-292

  Rettenmeyer, C W ^a   Rettenmeyer, M E ^a   Joseph, J ^a   Berghoff, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant guests; Arthropods; Biodiversity; Myrmecophiles; Symbiosis; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; EXTINCTION; MITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79959774488     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0128-8     Document Type: Article

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