Flight energetics and dispersal capability of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 697-707

  Vogt, James T ^a   Appel, Arthur G ^b   S West, Mark ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Flight; Metabolic substrate; RQ

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; VELOCITY;

SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0034107507     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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