Foraging in the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex: are energy costs important?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 291-300

  Weier, Jonathon A ^a   Feener, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy costs; Energy gains; Foraging theory; Pogonomyrmex; Time costs

Indexed keywords

POGONOMYRMEX MARICOPA; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSA; POGONOMYRMEX SPP.; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

ANT; ENERGY BUDGET; FORAGING; SEED HARVESTING;

EID: 0028975690     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00167790     Document Type: Article

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