Allometric scaling of ant foraging trail networks

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Jun, Joseph ^a,b   Pepper, John W ^a   Savage, Van M ^a,c   Gillooly, James F ^d   Brown, James H ^a,d  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Coloniality; Foraging; Optimal networks; Social insects

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 1842737365     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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