Forager size, load size, and resource use in an omnivorous ant, Aphaenogaster albisetosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 335-343

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Himler, Anna G ^a   Yospin, Matt M ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Aphaenogaster; Arizona; Desert; Foraging; Omnivory; Resource use; Size matching

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER ALBISETOSA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036005442     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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