Leaf tissue transport as a function of loading ratio in the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 551-556

  Burd, Martin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Load carriage; Locomotion; Rate maximisation

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034784321     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00334.x     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Foraging performance by Atta colombica, a leaf-cutting ant
2. Server system and queuing models of leaf harvesting by leaf-cutting ants
3. Body size effects on velocity and load carriage in the highly polymorphic leaf-cutting ants Atta colombica and Atta cephalotes
4. Energetics of locomotion and load carriage and a model of the energy costs of foraging in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica Guer
5. Observations on leaf-cutting ants
6. Information about food quality influences load size selection in recruited leaf-cutting ants
7. Load size selection by foraging leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes)