Title:

Production of workers in ant nest

Subtitle:

Produkcja robotnic w gnieździe mrówek

Creator:

Gissel Nielsen, Mogens

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1972

Description:

Pages 65-71 : illustrations ; 24 cm ; Bibliographical references (page 70) ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

ants ; ecology ; behavior ; Formicidae

Abstract:

Different methods for labelling ants with radioisotopes have been tried. Based on a series of labellings with 24Na it was possible to follow the fluctuation in the population of workers. The Lincoln index was used. To measure the production of workers a series of 32P labellings were made. The production of ants was calculated from a consideration of the population density, the percentage of ants labelled, and the percentage of labelled ants which should be expected assuming that no death occurred after the labelling. The methods were tested on a population of Lasius alienus (Först). In this population the density fluctuated from 9,700 to 18,000 during the summer and the production was estimated to be 34,000 workers.

References:

1. Ayre, G. L. 1962 - Problems in using the Lincoln index for estimating the size of ant colonies - Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 70: 159-166.
2. Brian, M. V., Hibble, J., Stradling, D. J. 1965 - Ant pattern and density in a southern English heath - J. Anim. Ecol. 34: 545-555.
3. Golley, F. B., Gentry, J. B. 1964 - Bioenergetics of the southern harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex badius - Ecology, 45: 217-225.
4. Odum, E. P., Pontin, A. J. 1961 - Population density of the underground ant, Lasius flavus, as determined by tagging with P-32 - Ecology, 42: 186-190.
5. Pętal, J. 1967 - Productivity and the consumption of food in the Myrmica laevinodis Nyl. population (Secondary productivity of terrestrial ecosystems. Ed. K. Petrusewicz) - Warszawa-Kraków, 841-857.

Relation:

Ekologia Polska

Volume:

20

Issue:

7

Start page:

65

End page:

71

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open