Caste evolution and ecology: A special worker for novel prey

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1577, 2005, Pages 2173-2180

  Powell, Scott ^a   Franks, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Army ants; Caste; Eciton; Morphology; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREY SELECTION;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARMY ANT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ECITON BURCHELLII; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LOAD TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREY; PREY TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 26944460759     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3196     Document Type: Article

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