Worker thermal tolerance in the thermophilic ant Cataglyphis cursor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Clemencet J ^a   Cournault, L ^b   Odent, A ^c   Doums, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis cursor; Colony size; Social insects; Thermal tolerance; Worker size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CASTE SYSTEM; COLONY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL INSECT; TOLERANCE;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS CURSOR; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 76349100283     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0044-y     Document Type: Article

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