High surface temperatures select for individual foraging in ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 396-404

  Ruano, Francisca ^a   Tinaut, Alberto ^a   Soler, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Chemical signal evolution; Foraging systems; Formicidae; Surface temperature; Trail pheromones

Indexed keywords

ANT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NATURAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0033938944     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.4.396     Document Type: Article

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