APPLYING OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY TO ASSESS NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY RATIOS FOR ANTS

By A. Kay. 2002

87 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. N. Blüthgen
2. K. Fiedler
3. K. Del‐Claro
4. S. Cook
5. Robert R. Junker
6. Carsten F. Dormann
7. Gunnar Brehm
8. R. Pringle

In Genetics

1. N. Blüthgen
2. K. Fiedler
3. A. Kay
4. S. Cook
5. K. Del‐Claro
6. Robert R. Junker

Citations in the corpus

• Preferences for sugars and amino acids and their conditionality in a diverse nectar‐feeding ant community (2004, background): “Other studies also reported that several amino acid solutions without sugar were not accepted by ants (Ricks & Vinson 1970), although such effects may vary between species (see Kay 2002 ).”
• The relative availabilities of complementary resources affect the feeding preferences of ant colonies (2004, methodology): “smithi workers still eagerly accepted each experimental solution: drops of even 15% casein (the least consumed option in the preference test) were accepted by more than 95% of workers in these colonies (Kay, 2002).”