Thermal ecology of the neotropical army ant Eciton burchellii

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 913-922

  Meisel, Joe E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal mobility; Army ant; Corridor; Eciton burchellii; Edge effect; Forest fragmentation; Heat tolerance; Thermal barriers; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; SOLDIER CASTE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33745978746     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0913:TEOTNA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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