ant experiment

Tunneling responses of the Western Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex) in various soil coarseness. David Brown, Darren Butler, Jeremy Hawkes and Heather Marsh. Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH 84604 Abstract. Western Harvester ants abide primarily in the deserts west of the Mississippi River and can be found in spots of mounding soil and extensive tunneling (Gordon, 1995). The specificity of this specie’s habitat location suggests that the ants have precise adaptations to certain environmental conditions …

…soil classes, it also seems prudent to increase the sample size and repetition of our methods.Works Cited Crist, T.O., and J.A. Williams. 1999. Simulation on Colony Activity of Harvester Ants using a soil temperature model. Animal Behavior 25:403-412. Gordon D.M. 1995. The development of an ant colony’s forging range. Animal Behavior 25:403-412. Johnson R.A. 2000. Habitat Segregation based on soil texture and body size in the seed Harvester Ants. Ecological Entomology 25:403-412.