Army ant defensive behaviour and chimpanzee predation success: Field experiments in Nigeria

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-244

  Allon, O ^a   Pascual Garrido, A ^b,c   Sommer, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Gashaka Primate Project   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Army ant; Chimpanzee; Colony defence; Insectivory; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; HABITAT TYPE; HOMINID; INSECTIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

NIGERIA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PAN;

EID: 84870064739     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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