Spatiotemporal variation in Antlion (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) density and impacts on ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and generalized arthropod foraging

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 913-922

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Antlion zone; Formicidae; Myrmeleon crudelis; Myrmeleontidae; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTHROPOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMELEON; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 8344245494     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0913:SVIANM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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