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The Foraging Areas Of Attine Ants At The Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica, Elana A. Goldstein
The Foraging Areas Of Attine Ants At The Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica, Elana A. Goldstein
Scripps Senior Theses
In tropical forest systems, attine ants are the dominant herbivores. They construct large nest structures that include foraging trails that extend to multiple plant sources throughout the forest. These foraging areas vary from nest to nest and they are highly dynamic over time and season changes. It was expected that characteristics of both the nest structure and the surrounding environment would affect the size of nest foraging areas. In this study, COMPASS survey software and ArcGIS were used to map the foraging trails and calculate the foraging areas of 12 attine ant nests located on the Firestone Reserve, over the …