Foraging by forest ants under experimental climatic warming: A test at two sites

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 482-491

  Stuble, Katharine L ^a   Pelini, Shannon L ^b   Diamond, Sarah E ^c   Fowler, David A ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^c   Sanders, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Critical thermal maximum; Foraging; Thermal tolerance; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886236870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.473     Document Type: Article

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