To evaluate the role of predation in the evolution of diet specialization and to determine the effectiveness of various larval defenses, we offered lepidopteran larvae to colonies of the tropical ant Paraponera clavata. We recorded behavioral and physical characteristics of prey items and used log-l
Important insect predators of India
โ Scribed by Khan A. Rahman
- Book ID
- 112979731
- Publisher
- Springer India
- Year
- 1940
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0370-0097
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Insects nurture and protect us, sicken us, kill us. They bring both joy and sorrow. They drive us from fear to hate, then to tolerance. At times they bring us up short to a realization of the way the world really is, and what we have to do to improve it. Their importance to human welfare transcends