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Size-Dependent Nest Site Choice by Cavity-Dwelling Ants

Author(s) -

Joan M. Herbers,

Valerie Banschbac

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/1995/80574

Subject(s) - nest (protein structural motif) , ecology , deciduous , geography , temperate climate , ant , biology , biochemistry

Nest site choice by cavity-dwelling ants of north temperate deciduous forests was studied at two sites in the northeasternUnited States. The two numerically dominant ant species in these communities, Myrmica punctivenris and Leptothorax longispinosus, chose different cavity sizes in experiments employing artificial nest sites. These preferences for different cavity sizes should prove useful for studies involving experimental manipulation of cavity-dwelling ant species

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