Area‐restricted search is the capacity to change search effort adaptively in response to
resource encounters or expectations, from directional exploration (global, extensive search) …

The tribal and generic classification of the diverse ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae) is revised to reflect recent molecular phylogenetic information and a reappraisal …

Animal interactions play an important role in understanding ecological processes. The
nature and intensity of these interactions can shape the impacts of organisms on their …

Reproductive and dispersal modes of social insects mean that fundamentally different
models may be required for predicting determinants of their invasions from those for sexually …

Ants are the most widely distributed and most numerically abundant group of social insects.
First, they were ground-or litter-dwelling predators or scavengers, and certain taxa evolved …

According to the weight and size of their prey, Ectatomma ruidum workers can employ
different recruitment systems (solitary hunting, cooperative hunting and group hunting with …

This study provides a detailed account of the natural history and foraging biology of the
ponerine ant Dinoponera gigantea in a rainforest in north Brazil. The species nests on the …

The comparison by computed coefficients ofboth dietbreath and diet overlap indicated some
degree of similarity between the two ant species, and between the six spider species …

Experiments using novel and familiar resources were conducted on colonies of the leaf-
cutting ant, Atta colombicaGuerin, in Costa Rica to determine the effects of prior experience …

Cognitive abilities used by arthropods, particularly predators, when interacting in a natural
context have been poorly studied. Two neotropical sympatric predators, the golden silk …