A thermophile in the shade: Light-directed nest relocation in the Costa Rican ant Ectatomma ruidum

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 559-562

  McGlynn, Terrence P ^a   Dunn, Toyin ^a   Wayman, Ellen ^a   Romero, Andrea ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ant; competition; Costa Rica; emigration; energy; food; light; relocation; serial monodomy; temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; EMIGRATION; FOOD SELECTION; NEST SITE; RELOCATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILY;

COSTA RICA;

ECTATOMMA RUIDUM;

EID: 77957258295     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000313     Document Type: Article

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