Habitat-related microgeographic variation of worker size and colony size in the ant Cataglyphis cursor

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Clémencet, Johanna ^a   Doums, Claudie ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Colony size; Dependent colony foundation; Nest structure; Social insect; Worker size

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONIZATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NEST STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL INSECT; WATER TABLE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY;

CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248211694     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0646-2     Document Type: Article

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