Foraging energetics of the ant, Paraponera clavata

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-427

  Fewell, Jennifer H ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a   Lighton, John R B ^b   Breed, Michael D ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Energetics; Foraging; Paraponera; Pogonomyrmex

Indexed keywords

PARAPONERA CLAVATA;

EID: 0030025447     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00330003     Document Type: Article

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