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DOI | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.04.016 |
Colony size and foraging strategies in desert seed harvester ants | |
Warburg, Ittai1; Whitford, Walter G.2; Steinberger, Yosef1 | |
通讯作者 | Steinberger, Yosef |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS |
ISSN | 0140-1963 |
EISSN | 1095-922X |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 145页码:18-23 |
英文摘要 | We summarized the literature on foraging strategies, colony sizes, and body sizes of seed harvesting ants to test hypotheses about the relationship between colony size and foraging strategy, and body size and foraging strategy. We used a Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test to test hypotheses about body size, colony size, and foraging strategy with the following results: (1) The maximum length of a worker ant in trunk trail foraging ant species or group foraging ant species is significantly smaller than in individual foraging ants except in the North American genus Pogonomyrmex; and (2) the maximum number of worker ants per nest in trunk trail foraging ant species or group foraging ant species is significantly larger than in individual foraging ants. While most seed harvesting ants can forage as individuals, only seed harvesters with large colonies develop group or trunk-trail foraging strategies. Flexibility in foraging strategy is important in desert seed harvesters because of the unpredictability of food resources among years. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Formicidae Harvester ant Ant size Colony size Foraging type |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000406564900003 |
WOS关键词 | HYMENOPTERA-FORMICIDAE ; MESSOR-ARENARIUS ; EATING ANTS ; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ; POGONOMYRMEX-RUGOSUS ; VEROMESSOR-PERGANDEI ; PHEIDOLE-PALLIDULA ; PATCH FIDELITY ; NEST STRUCTURE ; BEHAVIOR |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | New Mexico State University |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200130 |
作者单位 | 1.Bar Ilan Univ, Mina & Everard Goodman Fac Life Sci, IL-5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel; 2.New Mexico State Univ, USDA, ARS, Jornada Expt Range, POB 30003,MSC 3JER, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Warburg, Ittai,Whitford, Walter G.,Steinberger, Yosef. Colony size and foraging strategies in desert seed harvester ants[J]. New Mexico State University,2017,145:18-23. |
APA | Warburg, Ittai,Whitford, Walter G.,&Steinberger, Yosef.(2017).Colony size and foraging strategies in desert seed harvester ants.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,145,18-23. |
MLA | Warburg, Ittai,et al."Colony size and foraging strategies in desert seed harvester ants".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 145(2017):18-23. |
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