Energetic cost of foraging in the ant Rhytidoponera aurata in tropical Australia

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-253

  Nielsen, Mogens Gissel ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energetic costs; Food selection; Food transport; Foraging strategy; Rhytidoponera aurata; Running speed

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034802401     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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