plesiobiosis

Definitions

A close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.

countable, uncountable

Examples

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

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

“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. )”

CEFR level