Red wood ants Formica polyctena switch off active thermoregulation of the nest in autumn

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-014-0356-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-014-0356-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-014-0356-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00040-014-0356-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Red wood ants Formica polyctena switch off active thermoregulation of the nest in autumn

Original language description

To explore timing of nest thermoregulation and its consequence with ant activity, we performed a field study in 12 nests of Formica polyctena along an altitudinal gradient. We recorded inner nest temperature in different nest layers (5, 10 and 15 cm beneath the nest surface) using manual measurement and nest core temperature using continuous datalogger measurement. Potential heat sources, weather conditions and ant activity patterns were also examined. The temperature difference between the depths of 10and 5 cm was on average positive, which indicates a thermal flow from inside the nest, highlighting the importance of inner heat sources. The highest inner nest temperature was reached in June and the lowest in September. Linear models revealed a significant difference in the thermoregulatory pattern between September and the rest of the year. From April to August, inner nest temperature was affected by weather (air temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation), nest properties (mois

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Insectes Sociaux

ISSN

0020-1812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

297-306

UT code for WoS article

000339347200011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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