colony size
The relationship between canopy cover and colony size of the wood ant Formica lugubris : implications for the thermal effects on a keystone ant species
... organism’s size, such as metabolic rates and rates of gas exchange [5]. Body size is probably the most significant life-history characteristic of an animal due to its influence on most physiological and ...
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Task partitioning in insect societies. I. Effect of colony size on queueing delay and colony ergonomic efficiency
... of colony resources such as food, water, and nest construction material is often divided into subtasks in which the material is passed from one worker to ...of colony size on these ...with ...
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Defining fundamental niche dimensions of corals: synergistic effects of colony size, light, and flow
... Moreover, colony size influences niche width, with larger colonies of all three species achieving a positive energy balance over a broader range of conditions than small ...
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The cues of colony size: how honey bees sense that their colony is large enough to begin to invest in reproduction
... her colony ’ s size: the more time spent active, the larger the ...as colony size increases (Michener, 1964), and so predicts that workers in large colonies spend more time inactive than ...
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Strong effects of coral species on the diversity and structure of reef fish communities: a multi-scale analysis
... While there is increasing evidence for habitat specialization in coral reef fishes, the extent to which different corals support different fish communities is not well understood. Here we quantitatively assess the ...
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Colony composition and behavioral characteristics of Myrmoteras iriodum and M. jaitrongi in Ulu Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
... First, colony size is extremely small: colonies of both ...the colony size of these two species is among the smallest so far known for ...a colony size of 22 (N = 1) and 10 ...
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Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta
... for colony births and deaths, as well as for colony size (number of workers), since 1993 on Joskär (Chapuisat et ...age, size, and genetic structure of each colony was ...all ...
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Seasonality in oestrus and litter size in an assistance dog breeding colony in the United Kingdom
... the colony varied throughout the study period due to the continual recruitment of new bitches and the retirement of bitches after one to five years in the ...in colony size during the study period, ...
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Model of division of labor in artificial society with continuous demand and in industrial cluster with positive social influence
... In this thesis, we have developed a new model for industrial clusters and also improved previously build WASPS model. A new hybrid model is proposed by introducing a new formula for genetic pull in Chapter 3, thereby ...
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Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin induces phenotypic reversion in three dimensional cultures of malignant breast epithelial cells
... Our criteria for phenotypic reversion are: increased structural organization, limited colony size/proliferation, and the presence of basolateral polarity. Immunofluo- rescence staining of F-actin and ...
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FOXM1 contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia
... Using colony assays, we show a dramatic decrease in colony size and numbers in AML cell lines with knockdown of FOXM1, suggesting an important role for FOXM1 in the clonogenic activity of AML ...
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The influence of stunted body size on the reproductive ecology of bluegill Lepomis macrochiru
... Smaller size and decreased mating success of stunted individuals could be due to density-depen- dent ...smaller size of bluegill observed in the stunted ...Mean colony size for the two ...
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Influence of anatomic site and age on the replication and differentiation of rat adipocyte precursors in culture
... differentiated adipocytes. This characteristic was evident in cells from rats of all ages and persisted during secondary culture. At all ages of rats studied, perirenal cells replicated more rapidly than epididymal ...
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The orphan nuclear receptor EAR-2 (NR2F6) inhibits hematopoietic cell differentiation and induces myeloid dysplasia in vivo
... To investigate this possibility, we assessed the effects of silencing EAR-2 expression with shRNA on colony formation in vitro. We used an shRNA construct that routinely gave knockdown of ~ 75% in our hands in ...
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Comparative seasonality and diets of German (Vespula germanica) and common (V vulgaris) wasp colonies in Manawatu, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University
... INTRODUCTION METHODS General data Traffic rates Nest size Nest initiation and peak of colony growth Nest building effort RESULTS Seasonal traffic rate Diurnal traffic rate Nest size betw[r] ...
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Colony genetic structure and effects of inbreeding on body size in three populations of Reticulitermes flavipes in the southeastern U.S.
... breeding systems. However, because of their cryptic nesting and foraging behavior many questions regarding their breeding structure remain unanswered. Nevertheless, with advances in molecular biology techniques, ...
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Finding The Optimal Path Using Modbc
... Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a class of optimization algorithms modelled on the actions of an ant colony. ACO is a probabilistic technique useful in problems that deal with finding better paths through ...
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Optimization of the number, size and placement of D-STATCOM in radial distribution network using Ant Colony Algorithm
... Ant Colony Opti- mization to identify optimal size, number, cost and placement of D-STATCOMs in radial distribution ...Ant Colony algorithm developed in ...
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The Combination between the Individual Factors and the Collective Experience for Ultimate Optimization Learning Path using Ant Colony Algorithm
... Abstract— The approach that we propose in this paper is part of the optimization of the learning path in the e-learning environment. It relates more precisely to the adaptation and the guidance of the learners according ...
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Bacteriocin Production from Indigenous Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Selected Fermented Food Sources
... Growth studies on different media: The morphological studies considering the growth characters such as size, shape, color, no of colonies and growth rate of the colony, of subcultured LAB isolates of ...
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