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Foraging ecology of the night-active bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis

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Reid, Samuel; Narendra, Ajay; Taylor, Robert; Zeil, Jochen

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Here we report on the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis, a species whose activity to and from the nest is mainly restricted to the dawn and dusk twilight respectively. Recent research on M. pyriformis has focussed on its visual system, the timing of

dc.contributor.authorReid, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorNarendra, Ajay
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Robert
dc.contributor.authorZeil, Jochen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:25:45Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-959X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/73402
dc.description.abstractHere we report on the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis, a species whose activity to and from the nest is mainly restricted to the dawn and dusk twilight respectively. Recent research on M. pyriformis has focussed on its visual system, the timing of
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Zoology
dc.subjectKeywords: activity pattern; ant; foraging behavior; nesting behavior; nocturnal activity; observational method; population structure; visual cue activity pattern; moon; Myrmecia; nocturnal
dc.titleForaging ecology of the night-active bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume61
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor060808 - Invertebrate Biology
local.identifier.absfor060805 - Animal Neurobiology
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB3676
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationReid, Samuel, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationNarendra, Ajay, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationTaylor, Robert, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationZeil, Jochen, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage170
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage177
local.identifier.doi10.1071/ZO13027
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:15:01Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84880467609
local.identifier.thomsonID000321628400008
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