Déjean A., Azémar F., Libert M., Compin A., Hérault B., Orivel J., Bouyer T., Corbara B.
2017
Working along forest edges, we aimed to determine how some caterpillars can co-exist with territorially dominant arboreal ants (TDAAs) in tropical Africa. We recorded caterpillars from 22 lepidopteran species living in the presence of five TDAA species. Among the defoliator and/or nectarivorous caterpillars that live on tree foliage, the Pyralidae and Nymphalidae use their silk to protect ...
Ecologie animale; Foresterie - Considérations générales; Physiologie animale : nutrition; Taxonomie et géographie animales
2017
Working along forest edges, we aimed to determine how some caterpillars can co-exist with territorially dominant arboreal ants (TDAAs) in tropical Africa. We recorded caterpillars from 22 lepidopteran species living in the presence of five TDAA species. Among the defoliator and/or nectarivorous caterpillars that live on tree foliage, the Pyralidae and Nymphalidae use their silk to protect ...
Ecologie animale; Foresterie - Considérations générales; Physiologie animale : nutrition; Taxonomie et géographie animales