Nesting behavioral of seed harvester ant Messor aciculatus in the desert ecosystem of northwest China.
Author of the article:Chang You-De1,He Da-Han2
Author's Workplace:1.(Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080),2.(Department of Agronomy,Ningxia University,Yinchuan, Ningxia 750105, China).
Key Words:nesting behavior; Messor aciculatus(F. Smith); desert ecosystem; northwest China
Abstract:Messor aciculatus(F. Smith) is a dominant seed harvester ant in the desert ecosystem of northwest China. It harvests more than 10 annual plant seeds. The spatial structure of nest in natural colony takes on the following chacteristics, 80 to 137 cm