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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Publié dans:Oecologia. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 93(1993), 1, Seite 109-113
Auteur principal: López, F. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Acosta, F. J., Serrano, J. M.
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 1993
Accès à la collection:Oecologia
Sujets:Trunk routes Harvester ants Phalanx Guerilla Messor barbarus