Leaf-cutting ant workers (Acromyrmex heyeri) trade off nest thermoregulation for humidity control

Abstract This study investigated whether workers of the thatching grass-cutting ant Acromyrmex heyeri respond to the competing demands of temperature and humidity control by modifying the architecture of the nest thatch. First, we evaluated whether the opening and closing of nest apertures are therm...
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Autor*in:

Bollazzi, Martin [verfasserIn]

Roces, Flavio [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2010

Schlagwörter:

Thatching ants

Temperature

Humidity

Nest openings

Building behavior

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Journal of ethology - Tokyo : Springer, 1983, 28(2010), 2 vom: 13. Feb., Seite 399-403

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:28 ; year:2010 ; number:2 ; day:13 ; month:02 ; pages:399-403

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s10164-010-0207-3

Katalog-ID:

SPR009012850

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