Army Ants as Research and Collection Tools

Ants that fall prey to the raids of army ants commonly respond by evacuating their nests. This documented behavior has been underexploited by researchers as an efficient research tool. This study focuses on the evacuation response of the southwestern desert ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli André (Hymeno...

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Autores principales: Smith, Adrian A., Haight, Kevin L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20302457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.008.7101
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description Ants that fall prey to the raids of army ants commonly respond by evacuating their nests. This documented behavior has been underexploited by researchers as an efficient research tool. This study focuses on the evacuation response of the southwestern desert ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to the army ant Newamyrmex nigrescens Cresson. It is shown that army ants can be used to collect mature colonies of ants. The applicability of this tool to ecologically meaningful areas of research is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-31273892011-07-21 Army Ants as Research and Collection Tools Smith, Adrian A. Haight, Kevin L. J Insect Sci Article Ants that fall prey to the raids of army ants commonly respond by evacuating their nests. This documented behavior has been underexploited by researchers as an efficient research tool. This study focuses on the evacuation response of the southwestern desert ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to the army ant Newamyrmex nigrescens Cresson. It is shown that army ants can be used to collect mature colonies of ants. The applicability of this tool to ecologically meaningful areas of research is discussed. University of Wisconsin Library 2008-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3127389/ /pubmed/20302457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.008.7101 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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