The effect of foraging army ants on leaf-litter arthropods

The effect of Eciton burchelli army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on leaf-litter arthropods was studied at Finca La Selva, Costa Rica. Analyses of leaf-litter samples indicated that both arthropod abundance and the number of taxa were reduced following the passage of foraging army ant swarms. Many...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biotropica 1986-03, Vol.18 (1), p.56-61
Hauptverfasser:	Otis, G.W, Santana C, E, Crawford, D.L, Higgins, M.L
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Ants Arthropoda ARTHROPODE ARTHROPODS ARTROPODOS Autoecology Biological and medical sciences Birds BUSQUEDA DE ALIMENTO COSTA RICA DENSIDAD DE LA POBLACION DENSITE DE POPULATION DEPREDACION Eciton burchelli FORAGING Forest insects FOREST LITTER Formicidae Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology HOJARASCA FORESTAL HYMENOPTERA Insect behavior Insect colonies Insect swarms Invertebrates Less representative or incertae sedis groups: acanthocephala, chaetognatha, gnathostomulida, lophophoria, merostomata, mesozoa, myxozoa, nematorhyncha, pararthropoda, placozoa, priapuloidea, prochordata, pycnogonida, rotifera LITIERE FORESTIERE Parasitism POPULATION DENSITY PREDATION Protozoa. Invertebrata RECHERCHE DE NOURRITURE Social insects TROPICAL FORESTS
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