Ant-aphid interactions in multispecies ant communities: Some ecological and ethological aspects

From: European Journal of Entomology | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Key words. Ants-aphids interaction, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Coccinella septempunctata, multispecies communities, symbiosis, aphid diversity, behaviour, trophobionts, foragers

Abstract. Investigations of the interactions between aphids and ants in multispecies ant communities and an experimental investigation of some ethological aspects of ant-aphid interactions were carried out in mixed forests at Novosibirsk Academic Centre, from 1998-2002. The eight species of ants investigated were characterized by different levels of territorial organization and interaction with aphids, which were ...

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