Thermoregulatory brood transport in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Penick, C A ^a,b   Tschinkel, W R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brood rearing; Diurnal cycle; Mound construction; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD REARING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NEST STRUCTURE; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOREGULATION;

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 44449083251     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-0987-4     Document Type: Article

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