Myrmotherula Antwrens (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followers

dc.contributor.authorWillis, Edwin O. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Miami
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-14T10:22:24Z
dc.date.available2021-07-14T10:22:24Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.description.abstractAntwrens of the genus Myrmotherula (Formicariidae) are common members of mixed flocks in the understory of neotropical forest, but rarely follow army ants more than a few minutes as a flock passes. Antwrens that glean in open foliage (axillaris, longipennis) and ones that forage on dead foliage (fulviventris and relatives) apparently have to canvass large areas too rapidly to stay with slow-moving ants. Antwrens that glean low foliage of vertical seedlings (guttata, hauxwelli, gularis) can stay near ants only in such patches, despite close resemblance to sallying and hence less microhabitat-limited Hylophylax antbirds, some of which follow ants regularly.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversity of Miami, Department of Biology
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia
dc.format.extent153-158
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751983000300006
dc.identifier.citationRevista Brasileira de Zoologia. Curitiba, PR, Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, v. 2, n. 3, p. 153-158, 1983.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0101-81751983000300006
dc.identifier.fileS0101-81751983000300006.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0101-8175
dc.identifier.scieloS0101-81751983000300006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/211311
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Brasileira de Zoologia
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.titleMyrmotherula Antwrens (Aves, Formicariidae) as army ant followersen
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