Allometric scaling of metabolism, growth, and activity in whole colonies of the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-510

  Waters, James S ^a   Holbrook, C Tate ^a   Fewell, Jennifer H ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ants; Energetics; Metabolic rate; Scaling; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; BODY SIZE; COLONY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 77957589282     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656266     Document Type: Article

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