Host Specificity in Raiding Behavior of the Slave-Making Ant Polyergus Lucidus
In the pine barrens of Suffolk County, New York, at least three species of Formica (subgenus Neoformica) are used as slaves by the obligatory slave-making ant Polyergus lucidus. In any single nest, however, only one slave species may be found. This contrasts with the sympatric, facultative slave-mak...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1987-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1987/47105 |
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