Resource characteristics and competition affect colony and individual foraging strategies of the wood ant Formica integroides

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Tanner, Colby J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Competition; Foraging strategy; Formica integroides; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; COLONY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY;

FORMICA INTEGROIDES;

EID: 38349122752     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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