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Quantifying the Effect of Colony Size and Food Distribution on Harvester Ant Foraging

Quantifying the Effect of Colony Size and Food Distribution on Harvester Ant Foraging

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Quantifying the Effect of Colony Size and Food Distribution on Harvester Ant Foraging

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Quantifying the Effect of Colony Size and Food Distribution on Harvester Ant Foraging

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2012-07, Vol.7 (7), p.e39427-e39427

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Desert seed-harvester ants, genus Pogonomyrmex, are central place foragers that search for resources collectively. We quantify how seed harvesters exploit the spatial distribution of seeds to improve their rate of seed collection. We find that foraging rates are significantly influenced by the clumpiness of experimental seed baits. Colonies collect...

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Quantifying the Effect of Colony Size and Food Distribution on Harvester Ant Foraging

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1325396059

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1325396059

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0039427

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