Energetic inequivalence in eusocial insect colonies

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 611-614

  DeLong, John P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Energetic equivalence rule; Eusocial insects; Metabolic rates; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; COLONY; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EUSOCIALITY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSECT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSECTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80051678332     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0036     Document Type: Article

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