Nectar foraging behaviour is affected by ant body size in Camponotus mus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 853-860

  Medan, Violeta ^a,b   Josens, Roxana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ant; Camponotus mus; Feeding behaviour; Nectar; Worker size

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CAMPONOTUS MUS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 24944584035     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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