Towards a general life-history model of the superorganism: Predicting the survival, growth and reproduction of ant societies

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1059-1062

  Shik, Jonathan Z ^a   Hou, Chen ^b,c   Kay, Adam ^d   Kaspari, Michael ^e,f   Gillooly, James F ^g  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant colony; Life history; Metabolic scaling

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84869783913     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0463     Document Type: Article

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