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Preliminary Studies on the Foraging and Nesting Habits of Myrmica americana Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Eastern Canada 1
Author(s) -
Ayre G. L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
zeitschrift für angewandte entomologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0044-2240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1971.tb03155.x
Subject(s) - foraging , nest (protein structural motif) , intraspecific competition , hymenoptera , forage , biology , competition (biology) , ecology , zoology , biochemistry
Intra‐specific competition and the influence of food location and nest type on colony distribution were investigated in the ant Myrmica americana Weber. All experiments were made using paired colonies placed in separate nests but with access to a common forage area. These ants apparently lacked a colony odour, mixed freely, and showed no intraspecific pompetition between colonies. Changes in food location influenced foraging distribution and, to some degree, nest location. Changes in nest type altered foraging distribution and nest location to the point of having separate colonies combine to form a single unit.