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The Morphometry of Solenopsis Fire Ants

Size-related changes of body shape were explored in 15 polymorphic species of Solenopsis fire ants by analyzing body weight along with linear measurements of 24 body parts. Log regression slopes were used to detect changes of shape with increasing size. Within species, the largest workers weighed fr...

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Autor principal: Tschinkel, Walter R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3834273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079559

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