The Dynamics of Foraging Trails in the Tropical Arboreal Ant Cephalotes goniodontus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; CEPHALOTES GONIODONTUS; EPHEMERAL SPECIES; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; MEXICO; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; TREE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84870369336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050472     Document Type: Article

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