Critical thermal limits in Mediterranean ant species: Trade-off between mortality risk and foraging performance

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-55

  Cerda X ^a,b   Retana, J ^a   Cros, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foraging activity; Mediterranean communities; Risk temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT COMMUNITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; THERMAL LIMIT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0031885633     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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