Wind-induced ventilation of the giant nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta vollenweideri

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 301-305

  Kleineidam, Christoph ^a,b   Ernst, Roman ^a   Roces, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEST STRUCTURE; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; ROOM VENTILATION; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

ANIMALIA; ATTA VOLLENWEIDERI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034900779     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140100235     Document Type: Article

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