DESERT ANTS ON A THERMAL TIGHTROPE

被引：143

作者：

WEHNER, R ^{[1
]}

MARSH, AC ^{[1
]}

WEHNER, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV NAMIBIA,DEPT ZOOL,WINDHOEK,NAMIBIA

来源：

NATURE | 1992年 / 357卷 / 6379期

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D O I：

10.1038/357586a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

MANY animals restrict their foraging activities to certain times of the day or night, but the Saharan silver ant Cataglyphis bombycina is exceptional in that all foragers leave their underground nest in an explosive outburst confined to a few minutes per day during the hottest midday period. The foraging activity of this 'thermophilic' ant is compressed into a small thermal window by predatory pressure on the one hand and heat stress on the other.

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页码：586 / 587

页数：2

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