The adaptive nature of non-food collection for the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Smith, Chris R ^a,b   Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Depot; Foraging; Function; Object; Pogonomyrmex

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHARCOAL; COLONIAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS;

EID: 33846828439     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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