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Biol Bull 62: 306-312. (June 1932)
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THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE LEG POSTURE AND SPEED OF CREEPING IN THE ANT LASIUS

T. CUNLIFFE BARNES 1 and HENRY I. KOHN 1

1 OSBORN ZOÖLOGICAL LABORATORY, YALE UNIVERSITY

1. In the progression of L. umbratus the leg-spread and the frequency of leg movements increase as the temperature rises.

2. The speed of progression as influenced by temperature in L. niger shows a critical temperature at 20° C., and yields two values for µ: 10,700 between 16-20° C., and 22,900 between 20-25° C.






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