Flow of carbohydrates, lipids, and protein among colonies of polygyne red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Weeks Jr , Ronald D ^a   Wilson, L T ^a   Vinson, S B ^a   James, W D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food flow; Foraging behavior; Polygyne fire ants; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 2142640316     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0105:FOCLAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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