Essays about: "Formica rufa"

Found 3 essays containing the words Formica rufa.

1. 1. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

   Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE

3. 2. The role of wood ants (Formica rufa) in the Arctic tundra and how climate change may alter this role

   University essay from

   Author : Michael Meijer; [2020]
   Keywords : Wood ants; ants; mounds; climate change; arctic tundra; ecosystem; ecology; vegetation; arthropods;

   Abstract : In the Arctic tundra, wood ants play an important ecological role in aerating the soil, cycling nutrients, for seed dispersal and, as biological control by preying on forest pest insects during outbreaks. The increase in temperature, caused by climate change, is positively associated with ant abundance. READ MORE

4. 3. The role of wood ants (Formica rufa) in the Arctic tundra and how climate change may alter this role

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Michael Meijer; [2020]
   Keywords : Wood ants; ants; mounds; climate change; arctic tundra; ecosystem; ecology; vegetation; arthropods;

   Abstract : In the Arctic tundra, wood ants play an important ecological role in aerating the soil, cycling nutrients, for seed dispersal and, as biological control by preying on forest pest insects during outbreaks. The increase in temperature, caused by climate change, is positively associated with ant abundance. READ MORE