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In social insect colonies, as with individual animals, the rates of biological processes scale with body size.
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- Waters, James S., 1983- (Author)
- Harrison, Jon F. (Thesis advisor)
- Quinlan, Michael C. (Committee member)
- Pratt, Stephen C. (Committee member)
- Fewell, Jennifer H. (Committee member)
- Gadau, Juergen (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
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2012
Subjects
- Biology
- Physiology
- Biomechanics
- Allometry
- Ants
- Collective animal behavior
- Metabolic ecology
- Pogonomyrmex
- Scaling
- California harvester ant--Behavior--Mathematical models.
- California harvester ant
- California harvester ant--Metabolism--Mathematical models.
- California harvester ant
- Insect societies--Mathematical models.
- Insect societies
- Allometry--Mathematical models.
- Allometry
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- Vita
- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2012Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-178)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Biology
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by James S. Waters