144- JAFFE, K., J. V. HERNANDEZ, W. GOITÍA, A. OSIO, F. OSBORN, H. CERDA, A. ARAB, J. RINCONES, R. GAJARDO, L. CARABALLO, C. ANDARA, H. LOPEZ. Flower ecology in the neotropics: a flower-ant love-hate relationship. In: Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Edited by Yves Basset, Vojtech Novotny, Scott Miller and Roger Kitching, Cambridge University Press, 2003 pp. 213-219.

 

*134- JAFFE K, CAETANO, FH, SANCHEZ P, HERNANDEZ JV, RINCONES J, CARABALLO L. Sensitivity of colonies and individuals of Cephalotes ants to antibiotics imply a feeding symbiosis with gut microorganisms.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:6, 2001

 

132- BLÜTHGEN N., M. VERHAAGH, W. GOITÍA, K. JAFFÉ, W. MORAWETZ, W. BARTHLOTT. How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian rainforest canopy: the role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew. Oecologia: 125: 229-240, 2000

 

**121- OSBORN F., GOITIA W., CABRERA M., and JAFFE K. Ants, plants and butterflies as bioindicators: a comparative study of different strata in neotropical forests. Studies of Neotropical Fauna & Environment 34: 59-64, 1999.

 

**120- CABRERA M., JAFFE K., GOITIA W., and OSBORN F. Recovery of disturbed ecosystems as monitored by ant and vegetation diversity in forests and surrounding savannas of Venezuela. Studies of Neotropical Fauna & Environment 33: 85-92, 1998

 

** 108- SANCHEZ P. JAFFE K and  EVIA P. Consumo de insectos: Alternativa alimentaria del neotropico. Bol. Entomol. Venez. 12 : 125-127, 1997

 

 

 

* Partially based on work in Surumoni, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela

 

** Based on canopy work, partially done at Humboldt Biological Station at La Esmeralda (close to Surumoni)