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Accession Number
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PB2013-103839
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Title
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Behavior of Ocellated Antbirds. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 144.
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Publication Date
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1973
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Media Count
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68p
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Personal Author
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E. O. Willis
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Abstract
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A ten-year study of color-banded Ocellated Antbirds (Phaenostictus mcleannani) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, showed that they persistently follow army ants for arthropods flushed by the ants. Dominant over the smaller antbirds that follow ants, they t ...
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Keywords
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Ants
Arthropods
Behavior
Feeding
Forest trees
Nesting(Animals)
Ocellated antbirds
Panama
Phaenostictus mcleannani
Reproduction(Biology)
Species diversity
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Source Agency
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Smithsonian Institution
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NTIS Subject Category
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57Z - Zoology
57H - Ecology
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Corporate Author
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Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1309
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Contract Number
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N/A
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