Life Histories of Subarctic Ants

Authors

  • Jürgen Heinze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1363

Keywords:

Animal behaviour, Animal population, Animal reproduction, Ants, Cold adaptation, Cold physiology, Hibernation, Taiga ecology, Thermoregulation, Treeline, Alaska, Churchill region, Manitoba, Nouveau-Québec, Scandinavia, Sibir', Russian Federation

Abstract

Ant species belonging to seven genera occur in habitats near the tree line in the Northern Hemisphere. An analysis of colony founding strategies suggests that in addition to physiological cold resistance, behavioral and sociometric adaptations might be important for survival and propagation of ants in subarctic biomes.

Key words: polygyny, budding, ants, Formicidae, Leptothorax

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Published

1993-01-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 4 (1993): December: 293–380

Section

Articles