How much do army ants eat? on the prey intake of a Neotropical top-predator

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-324

  Powell, S ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Army ants; Biomass; Column raid; Diet; Predation; Swarm raid

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMASS; COLONY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; FOOD INTAKE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

ECITON BURCHELLI; ECITON HAMATUM; ECITONINAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79959779652     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0152-3     Document Type: Article

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