Foraging in the ant Camponotus mus: Nectar-intake rate and crop filling depend on colony starvation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1103-1110

  Josens, Roxana B ^a   Roces, Flavio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant; Camponotus mus; Cibarial pump; Crop; Intake rate; Motivation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STARVATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; STARVATION;

CAMPONOTUS MUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034124561     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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