Latitudinal gradients in colony size for social insects: Termites and ants show different patterns

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-106

  Porter, E E ^a   Hawkins, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Colony size; Latitudinal gradients; Primary productivity; Social insects; Termites

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; TERMITE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0035125537     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317006     Document Type: Article

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