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Please do not edit this page. It is a workspace/scratchpad for a developing Antwiki project.

existing pages:


 * Solenpsis invicta publications

Ant Lifestyles (?)

 * Fungus growing ants

Behavior

 * Foraging
 * Group Foraging
 * Foraging Strategies by Colony Size
 * Foraging behaviors in Poneroids and Ectatomminae
 * Tandem Running
 * Nest Building
 * Nestmate Recognition
 * Trophallaxis (also topic under Feeding in Ants, Diet(?))       P

Ant-Plant Relationships
(a tip of the hat to The Ants Chapter 14) for the following topic headings...
 * Ants protect plants
 * Plants shelter ants: Myrmecophytes
 * Ant gardens
 * Plants feed the ants: food bodies
 * Plants feed ants: extrafloral nectaries
 * Ants feed plants: myrmecotrophy
 * Ants disperse plants: myrmecochory
 * Ants pollinate flowers (sparingly)
 * Ants prune and weed

There was an existing starter page on this topic: Ants and Plants

Mutualisms
overlaps with Myrmecophiles and Myrmecophily

Myrmecophily
Myrmecophiles

Both of the linked pages have topics and links under their respective headings

Behavior; species interactions and Mutalisms overlap this general topic

Trophic Strategies

 * Gardeners-Fungus Growing / Attines
 * Honeydew Gatherers
 * Mushroom Harvesting / Euprenolepis procera
 * Nomadic Hunters / Army Ants
 * Seed Harvesting

Ecology branch

 * Ant Diversity Publications currently for papers from 2015

Evolution

 * Ant Wings ++

Evolution Branch
Using ants to study phenotypic plasticity - Dinoponera quadriceps

Invasive Ants
The linked page has an introduction and links to specific species.

Life History

 * Ant Nests / Nesting Biology

Morphology

 * Ant Wings ++

Studying Ants

 * Studying Ants

Studying-Ants branch

 * Solenpsis invicta publications
 * Oecophylla publications

++ = topics that are listed under multiple headings