Responses of the Trunk Routes of a Harvester Ant to Plant Density

Messor barbarus is a Mediterranean harvester ant that constructs physically defined trunk routes on the ground to connect nest entrances with foraging areas. Some responses of these trunk routes to plant density (and therefore resource abundance) were analyzed by testing the preferential allocation...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oecologia. - Springer. - 93(1993), 1, Seite 109-113
1. Verfasser: López, F. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Acosta, F. J., Serrano, J. M.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1993
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Oecologia
Schlagworte:Trunk routes Harvester ants Phalanx Guerilla Messor barbarus