plesiobiosisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

plesiobiosis (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 plesiobioses)

1. A close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.
   • 1995, R.T. Carde & ‎William J. Bell, Chemical Ecology of Insects 2, ISBN 0412039613, page 395:

     This trophic parasitism is thought to have arisen from plesiobiosis, the habitual nesting of two species in very close proximity.

   • 2004, Entomologica Fennica, page 211:

     Scarcity of sites suitable for nesting promotes plesiobiosis in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

   • 2014, L Gallé, O Kanizsai, I Maák, & G Lőrinczi, “Close Nesting Association of Two Ant Species in Artifical Shelters: Results From a Long-term Experiment”, in Acta Zoologica Hungarica, volume 60, number 4:

     More than half of the observed cases of plesiobioses were recorded in Finland and Poland, due to the intensive myrmecological researches in these countries (Czechowski 2002, 2003, 2004a, b, 2005, Czechowski & Czechowska 2000, Czechowski & Vepsäläinen 1999, Włodarczyk et al. )