Nectar intake rate is modulated by changes in sucking pump activity according to colony starvation in carpenter ants

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Falibene, Agustina ^a   Josens, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ant; Fluid ingestion; Intake rate; Sucking pump; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STARVATION; SUCKING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; STARVATION; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 42549159032     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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