Energetics of locomotion and load carriage in the nectar feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-337

  Schilman, Pablo E ^a,b   Roces, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Cost of transport; Loading; Metabolism; Partial crop filling; Running speed

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENERGETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM;

APIS MELLIFERA; CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 28944450702     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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