Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico

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Autores principales:	Leticia Ríos-Casanova, Gabriela Castaño, Verónica Farías-González, Patricia Dávila, Héctor Octavio Godínez-Alvarez
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	activity, Pogonomyrmex, soil temperature semiarid zones Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f200e6789a394ac2920c02eea557a9c12021-12-02T12:41:53ZActivity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.133-135https://doaj.org/article/f200e6789a394ac2920c02eea557a9c12014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/300https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:HyphenationZone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:ApplyBreakingRules/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><p>Red harvester ant (<em>Pogonomyrmex barbatus</em>) inhabits deserts of USA and Mexico. Its activity patterns are well known in temperate deserts, but they have not been studied in tropical ones. We studied these patterns in the Tehucan Valley, a tropical desert in central Mexico. It had bimodal activity patterns in spring, summer, and fall while unimodal patterns in winter. These patterns differ from those reported for this species in temperate deserts where activity stopped in winter. Our results suggest that <em>P. barbatus</em> extends its activity periods and remains active all year round in the Tehuacan Valley.</p><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> / Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]-->Leticia Ríos-CasanovaGabriela CastañoVerónica Farías-GonzálezPatricia DávilaHéctor Octavio Godínez-AlvarezUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticleactivity, Pogonomyrmex, soil temperaturesemiarid zonesZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 133-135 (2014)
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spellingShingle	activity, Pogonomyrmex, soil temperature semiarid zones Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Leticia Ríos-Casanova Gabriela Castaño Verónica Farías-González Patricia Dávila Héctor Octavio Godínez-Alvarez Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
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author	Leticia Ríos-Casanova Gabriela Castaño Verónica Farías-González Patricia Dávila Héctor Octavio Godínez-Alvarez
author_facet	Leticia Ríos-Casanova Gabriela Castaño Verónica Farías-González Patricia Dávila Héctor Octavio Godínez-Alvarez
author_sort	Leticia Ríos-Casanova
title	Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
title_short	Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
title_full	Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
title_fullStr	Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico
title_sort	activity patterns of a harvester ant in an inter-tropical semiarid zone in central mexico
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/f200e6789a394ac2920c02eea557a9c1
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Activity Patterns of a Harvester Ant in an Inter-tropical Semiarid Zone in Central Mexico

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