Water loss in desert ants: Caste variation and the effect of cuticle abrasion

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-53

  Johnson, Robert A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste variation; Colony founding; Cuticle abrasion; Myrmicine ants; Nest excavation; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTE; CUTICLE; WATER CONTENT;

APHAENOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR; POGONOMYRMEX;

EID: 0034028340     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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