Animal Behaviour: Feeding the Superorganism

被引：28

作者：

Behmer, Spencer T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Entomol, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2009年 / 19卷 / 09期

关键词：

IMPORTED FIRE ANT; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; FOOD; COLONIES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.033

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Insect societies are often described as superorganisms, and there are many functional parallels between organisms and superorganisms. Elegant work using ants shows that nutrient regulation, which occurs in many non-social animals, can also occur at the colony-level.

引用

页码：R366 / R368

页数：3

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