Body mass and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, but not queen number, underlie worker desiccation resistance in a facultatively polygynous harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)

Ostwald, Madeleine M.; Tretter, Sandra; Buellesbach, Jan; Calixto, Juliana M.; Fewell, Jennifer H.; Gadau, Juergen; Baudier, Kaitlin M.

Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed

Details about the publication

JournalJournal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental
Volume193
Issue3
StatusPublished
Release year2023
DOI10.1007/s00360-023-01488-3
Link to the full texthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00360-023-01488-3
KeywordsPleometrosis; Water balance; n-alkanes; Gas chromatography

Authors from the University of Münster

Gadau, Jürgen Rudolf
Professorship for Molecular Evolutionary Biology (Prof. Gadau)