army ant
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army
noun
uk/ˈɑː.mi/us/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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ant
noun[C]
uk/ænt/us/ænt/
a very small insect that lives under the ground in large and well-organized ...
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We hypothesized thatarmyant-bird interactions would be affected by both elevation and forest fragmentation.
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To be counted, birds had to be actively foraging either within 2 m of the front of the swarm, or in thearmyantswarm.
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Combat between large derived societies: a subterraneanarmyantestablished as a predator of mature leafcutting ant colonies.
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Those that do may rely onarmyantraids as a food source.
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Foraging of a hypogaeicarmyant: a long neglected majority.
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Eacharmyantswarm watched was counted as a sample.
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Individuals are total number of birds attendingarmyantswarms.
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We observed a total of 41 bird species attendingarmyantswarms.
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The flock size of birds attendingarmyantswarms plotted against elevation, separated by habitat type (b).
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The number of bird species observed atarmyantswarms plotted against elevation, separated by habitat type (a).
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Such high frequencies of attendance suggest that food taken fromarmyantraids represents an important component of the diet of these birds.
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While elevation and forest fragmentation influencearmyantand insectivorous bird communities, their effects on the interaction between army ants and bird species is unknown.
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Microclimatic factors associated with elevational changes inarmyantdensity in tropical montane forest.
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We recorded bird attendance at thearmyantswarm.
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However, we found a higher bird species richness, larger flock size and greater total body mass of birds attendingarmyantswarms in continuous forest.
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Some montane endemic birds, and neotropical migrants, attend swarms regularly and usearmyantraids as a food source.
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Most attending bird individuals and species were not from families that include co-adapted, high-fidelityarmyantfollowers.
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Because we did not track ant colonies, some of the observations at a site could have been made on swarms from the samearmyantcolony.
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Armyantraids support a community of diverse organisms, including birds that attend the raids to collect prey.
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