Electrical signals during nectar sucking in the carpenter ant Camponotus mus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1234-1242

  Josens, Roxana ^a   Falibene, Agustina ^a   Gontijo, Alberto de Figueiredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant; Camponotus; Intake; Sucking pump; Sucrose concentration

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; MORPHOMETRY; NECTAR; SIGNAL; SUCROSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCKING; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS MUS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 33751302536     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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