Shaking a leg and hot to trot: The effects of body size and temperature on running speed in ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-154

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   Ballantyne IV, Ford ^b   Powell, Scott ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ants; Body mass; Locomotion; Running speed; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38349172372     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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