Between a rock and a hard place: Impact of nest selection behavior on the altitudinal range of an alpine ant, Formica neorufibarbis

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-540

  McCaffrey, Joseph ^a   Galen, Candace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

altitudinal range; behavioral thermoregulation; colonization; Formica neorufibarbis; nest site preference

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANT; BROOD SIZE; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROCLIMATE; NEST SITE; THERMOREGULATION; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLORADO; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

FORMICA NEORUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79958760626     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10304     Document Type: Article

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