Polymorphism and Foraging Behavior inPogonomyrmex badius(Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Worker Size, Foraging Distance, and Load Size Associations
作者:
Betty Ferster,
James F. A. Traniello,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 3
页码: 673-678
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1093/ee/24.3.673
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Pogonomyrmex badius;polymorphism;foraging behavior
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
The relationship between caste polymorphism and foraging strategy was examined in the Florida harvester ant,Pogonomyrmex badius(Latreille). Foragers ofP. badiuswere offered two sizes of barley seed (4 or 33 mg) at 1, 2, 5, and 10 m from the nest entrance. No consistently significant correlations were found between forager size and the size of seed collected. Distance of seed from the nest was not associated with worker size or seed selection. In this species, it does not appear that polymorphism can be explained by simple models of foraging optimization through the pairing of worker size and seed size.
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