Soil temperature, digging behaviour, and the adaptive value of nest depth in South American species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-175

  Bollazzi, Martin ^a   Kronenbitter, Jenja ^a   Roces, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex; Ants; Excavation; Nest; Soil climate

Indexed keywords

ANT; BURROWING; DEPTH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; NESTING; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX LUNDI; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 53549132242     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1113-z     Document Type: Article

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