Reaction norm in response to temperature may change to adapt rapid brood development to boreal and subarctic climates in Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-208

  Kipyatkov, Vladilen E ^a   Lopatina, Elena B ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ants; Development rate; Formicidae; Latitude; Myrmica rubra; Myrmica ruginodis; Myrmica scabrinodis; Rapid brood rearing; Reaction norm; Temperature; Thermal constants; Thermal threshold

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD REARING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; REACTION NORM; TEMPERATURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS;

EID: 0036324983     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2002.028     Document Type: Article

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