Attachment forces of ants measured with a centrifuge: Better 'wax-runners' have a poorer attachment to a smooth surface

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 505-512

  Federle, W ^a   Rohrseitz, K ^b   Holldobler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Ant; Ant plant; Arolium; Attachment; Crematogaster; Epicuticular wax; Macaranga; Oecophylla; Technom yrmex

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; EUPHORBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; RUNNING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRIFUGATION; EUPHORBIACEAE; REFLEX; RUNNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WAXES;

ANIMALIA; ELAGATIS; EUPHORBIA; FORMICIDAE; MACARANGA; OECOPHYLLA; TECHNOMYRMEX;

EID: 0034007052     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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