Foraging strategies and dietary preferences of a high mountain ant. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

• Autorzy: Fernandez-Escudero I. , Tinaut A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The ant Proformica longiseta inhabits the dry zones of the Mediterranean high mountain. A generalist feeder, this species has a predilection for liquid food, and its solid diet changes over the active period according to the prey available. It forages alone without recruitment or cooperation. The abundance of repletes varies in parallel to the quantity of food collected, representing a solution for food shortage periods. The territories surrounding the nests are not clearly defined, but rather overlap with foraging areas of several ant nests.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

food; foraging; Formicidae; high mountain; Proformica longiseta; territoriality

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: Vol. 46, no 1
• Strony: 23--31
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Fernandez-Escudero I.

• Departamento de Biologia Aninal y Ecologia Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada 18071 Granada, Spain

autor

Tinaut A.

• Departamento de Biologia Aninal y Ecologia Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada 18071 Granada, Spain

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