Costs of trail construction and maintenance in the leaf-cutting ant Atta columbica

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 348-356

  Howard, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta columbica; Energy costs; Foraging; Time costs; Trunk trails

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENERGY BUDGET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAINTENANCE; TRACKWAY;

PANAMA;

ATTA COLOMBICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035040227     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000314     Document Type: Article

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