A Quantitative Examination of Spring Foraging of Veromessor pergandei Mayr) in Northern Death Valley, California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Clark WH and Comanor PL. 1973. A Quantitative Examination of Spring Foraging of Veromessor pergandei Mayr) in Northern Death Valley, California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The American Midland Naturalist. 90(2):467-474
The ant nest observed in this April 1972 study was located near the Grapevine Ranger Station in northern Death Valley National Park. The authors found that the ants foraged twice daily, with the end of the afternoon period apparently more influenced by lessening of light than by changes in air temperature. Quantitative measurements of plant material taken into the nest show that while most of the individual items were food (fruits and seeds), two-thirds of the biomass taken in was stems and leaves.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Clark, William; Comanor, Peter
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Death Valley National Monument CA NV, Death Valley National Park CA NV, Foraging Behavior, harvester ant (Veromessor pergandei), Physical Sciences, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References