Body Size of the Monomorphic Ant Lasius niger: Young Colonies along a Metal Pollution Gradient

Metal pollution may cause the decrease in the individual body size. In ants, the morphological diversity within and between colonies may be much higher than that considered before, even in monomorphic ants. In this study we measured the body size, expressed as head width, of Lasius niger workers col...

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Main Authors: Irena M. Grześ, Mateusz Okrutniak, Gracjan Antosik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/873415
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