Author:
Das Priyanka,Saroj Sheela
Abstract
For the first time, food hiding behaviour by the Ant Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851) is reported here from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, which is an urban garden situated at Howrah, West Bengal, India. Multiple roles played by the species as predators, scavengers and in seed dispersal is emphasised here.
Publisher
The Entomological Society of India
Subject
Insect Science,Agronomy and Crop Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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