Diet composition does not affect ant colony tempo

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Kay, Adam D ^a   Shik, Jonathan Z ^b   Van Alst, Andy ^a   Miller, Katie A ^a   Kaspari, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Brown food web; Carbohydrates; Ectatomma; Geometric Framework; Metabolic rate; Nutrient balance; Nutritional ecology; Protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WORKER CASTE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

ANIMALIA; ECTATOMMA; ECTATOMMA RUIDUM;

EID: 84859106670     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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