Colony structure and spatial distribution of food resources in the polydomous meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-10

  Van Wilgenburg, E ^a   Elgar, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colony structure; Foraging; Hemiptera; Iridomyrmex purpureus; Polydomy

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NEST; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS;

EID: 33847628929     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0903-3     Document Type: Article

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