NEST-SITE SELECTION BY FIRE ANT QUEENS Academic Article

abstract

• We examined nest site selection by foundresses of the polygyne form of Solenopsis invicta. In the laboratory, foundresses were allowed to nest in control soil vs. soil inoculated with refuse from a colony of Pheidole dentata, a natural enemy. In a second experiment foundresses chose between control and S. invicta soil. More foundresses (100%) avoided the soil of a natural enemy than the soil of a conspecific colony (79%) that may accept them into the nest. Foundresses from this polygyne ant appear to avoid other colonies in general, but avoid heterospecific colonies more. 1994 Birkhuser Verlag.

authors

• Vargo, Edward

published proceedings

• INSECTES SOCIAUX

author list (cited authors)

• KASPARI, M., & VARGO, E. L.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• KASPARI, M||VARGO, EL

publication date

• September 1994

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Insectes Sociaux  Journal

keywords

• Alates
• Colony Founding
• Habitat Selection
• Nest Site
• Solenopsis-invicta

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF01242305

start page

• 331

end page

• 333

volume

• 41

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01242305