Seasonality directs contrasting food collection behavior and nutrient regulation strategies in ants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cook, Steven C ^a,b   Eubanks, Micky D ^a   Gold, Roger E ^a   Behmer, Spencer T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; SEASONS;

EID: 80053162150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025407     Document Type: Article

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