Thermoregulation strategies in ants in comparison to other social insects, with a focus on red wood ants (Formica rufa group)

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Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kadochová, Štêpánka ^a   Frouz, Jan ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Environmental Centre   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; FORMICA RUFA; HEAT LOSS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT SOCIETY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 84914810208     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-280.v2     Document Type: Article

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