The fast and the fractalous: Speed and tortuosity trade off in running ants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Angilletta Jr , M J ^a   Roth II, T C ^a,d   Wilson, R S ^b   Niehaus, A C ^b   Ribeiro, P L ^c  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Locomotor performance; Protean movement; Speed; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE; TORTUOSITY; TRADE-OFF;

FORMICIDAE; PROTEA;

EID: 38149009596     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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