Energy use and allocation in the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius: Are stored seeds a buffer?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1479-1487

  Smith, Christopher R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Seeds; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Starvation; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENERGY USE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; STARVATION;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS;

EID: 34250663139     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0380-8     Document Type: Article

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