
	Where results make sense

Topic: Formica rufa

Related Topics

Formica rufa group

Formica

Erratic Ant

Formica exsecta

British ants

Solenopsis fugax

Lasius niger

Linnaeus

William Morton Wheeler

Taxonomy

Battle of Beersheba

Republic of Ireland

	Formica rufa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Formica rufa, also known as the Southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, commonly found throughout southern England in both conferous and broadleaf broken woodland and parkland.
		rufa is highly polygynous and often re-adopts post-nuptial queens from its own mother colony, leading to old, multi gallery nests which may contain well over a hundred egg-producing females.
		Formica rufa is agressively territorial, and will often attack and remove other ant species from the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Formica_rufa (303 words)

	Formica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Species of the Forelian formica group, whose type is the Red or Southern Wood Ant Formica rufa, are generally referred to as the wood ants.
		Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in Southern England, make large visible nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or pine needles, usually based around a rooting stump.
		Formica rufa L. Formica rufibarbis F. Formica sanguinea Latr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Formica (225 words)

	Refinishing Formica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The name ''Formica rufibarbis'' was first given to this ant by Lord Avebury in Britain in his important work ''Ants, Bees and Wasps'' in 1881, although the species had been noted (misidentified as ''F. cunicularia'') by Frederick Smith in 1851.
		Invented in 1912 by Daniel J O'Conor and Herbert A. Faber, Formica is a laminate of paper or fabric, manufactured by impregnating the fabric with an adhesive resin at high pressure.
		The Formica rufa group is a sub-generic group within the genus Formica, first proposed by Wheeler.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/74/refinishing-formica.html (875 words)

	References and abstracts
		Formica rufa L. ranges from sea level to 200 m asl and is confined to warm sites with thermally favourable substrate open to direct insolation on south facing slopes.
		Formica rufa, widespread in the primary iron producing region of S.E. England, is concentrated further north in the secondary iron producing areas of the Forest of Dean, Wyre, N.W. Wales and the Furness district of Cumbria and North Lancashire.
		Formica rufa are probably tolerant of dry conditions sometimes experienced in temperate environments, photoperiod being important in the control of water balance.
	www.callnetuk.com /home/ants/antsref.html (6550 words)

	Genus Formica (Subfamily Formicinae) - Online Catalog of Ants of North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Neoformica Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 82 (as a subgenus of Formica).
		Raptiformica Forel, 1913j: 361 (as a subgenus of Formica).
		Buren, 1944a: 309 (occurrence in IA (as Formica (Proformica) neogagates morbida Wheeler)).—Wheeler, G.C. and Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 258–259.—Beamer and Michner, 1950.
	www.cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/ants/GenusPages/Formicinae/Genus111-long.html (10621 words)

	Ant Hill Wood \| "Go to the ant thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise!" King Solomon. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Formica rufa is common in southern England and the Midlands,while further north are found her cousins, Formica lugubris and the Scottish wood ant,Formica aquilonia.
		Formica rufa produces new colonies by budding, or sometimes a queen will enter the nest of F.fusca and become a temporary social parasite until she can usurp the host nest, after first killing the Fusca queen; the fusca workers then raise the F.rufa queens brood as if they were their own.
		Here is a typical wood ants nest placed by a fallen tree.The fl areas you can see are groups of Formica rufa workers who do this in the spring while the nest temperature is low.As it gets warmer,the ants build and repair their nest which has been damaged by winter rain and winds.
	www.anthill.org.uk /woodantspecies.htm (2630 words)

	Genus Formica rufa species group (Subfamily Formicinae) - Online Catalog of Ants of North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The rufa group is also similar to some member of the fusca group sharing the angular shape of the propodeum.
		However, rufa group members have their posterior margin of the head fairly flat and, viewed in profile, the pronotum is a continuous curve and is not separated into two faces meeting at an angle.
		Formica gnava is one of the few members of the genus that are found in desert and semi-desert areas.
	cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/ants/GenusPages/Formicinae/Genus2116-paper.html (10500 words)

	Formica rufa 2002 Research Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Formica rufa is normally found in southern Britain and its existence in this location and at this altitude (230 metres) is unusual.
		The threats to Formica rufa identified in the UK BAP are loss of suitable habitat and inappropriate woodland management.
		Formica rufa has been declining in Wales and in parts of north-west England.
	www.clarke.sathosting.net /denbydalecom/nature/dearnewoodland/redwoodants.htm (1157 words)

	PubKlim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The significance of microsite for the distribution of mound-building ants of the Formica rufa-group: A study of 260 nests on an area of 1640 ha near Freiburg at 300-700 m alt., by species, aspect, altitude, stand type etc. Western aspects and lower slopes appeared to be preferred.
		Changes in a naturally occurring population of mound-building wood ants of the Formica rufa group (Hym., Formicidae) over three years: Compares the results of a complete survey in 1966 in a W. German forest with those of another in 1969.
		From workers of the red wood ant Formica rufa L., 68 compounds could be identified by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
	www.fzi.uni-freiburg.de /PUBKLIM.HTM (7624 words)

	TAXONOMY AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF WOOD ANTS OF THE FORMICA RUFA-GROUP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Formica rufa workers on the nest mound (photo © J. Sorvari).
		In traditional European myrmecology, the name is used in a narrow sense consisting of species that build large dome shaped mound nests and the sexual offspring and worker offspring is reared separately.
		rufa group are important key species in forest ecosystems having potential to modify arthropod community by predation and resource competition.
	users.utu.fi /jousor/taxoproject.htm (605 words)

	Government and academic resources on FORMICA RUFA
		Phyllomyza formicae - biology: Immatures P. formicae larvae live in the chambers and galleries of the nests of Formica rufa ants (Donisthorpe 1927).
		Formica cunicularia, Hymenoptera, Formica lugubris, Formica rufa, Italy, pests.
		Formicidae in the UMMZ Insect Division: Formica pressilabris foreli Emery Formica prociliata Kennedy and Dennis Formica pruinosa Wheeler Formica puberula Emery Formica rufa (L.) Formica rufibarbis...
	names.mongabay.com /drugs/ingredients/FORMICA_RUFA.html (569 words)

	Insects and Arthropods » Ants » Red Wood Ant Main Page
		The Red Wood Ant, "Formica rufa", often forms communes in the United States of a few to over twenty in dependant nests.
		Formica sanguinea, is by far one of the most intelligent insects alive today and typically enslaves smaller Formica species such as the Negro ant, Formica fusca and its relatives e.g.
		Formica aquilonia and Formica lububis are designated as low risk on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List, and Formica exsecta is considered highly endangered, according to the UK's Red List.
	centralpets.com /animals/insects/ants/ant4647.html (749 words)

	DEE UNIL - Christian Bernasconi
		Due to their importance in forest ecosystems, wood ants (Formica rufa group) are protected in many European countries.
		Because of their morphological similarity and ability to hybridize, species identification can be very tough and the taxonomy of the group has always been controversial.
		Our work would be of greatest interest for elucidating the postglacial colonization patterns of Formica rufa group species and for revealing interesting aspects of wood ants biology such as hybridization events and mixed colonies formation.
	www.unil.ch /dee/page8513_en.html (525 words)

	red wood ant pile (Formica aquilonia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		rufa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), are very common in forests of Sweden.
		In fact, species of the genus Formica are often the dominant ants of forests throughout the northern hemisphere.
		Skinner, G.J., & Whittaker, J.B. An experimental investigation of interrelationships between the wood ant Formica rufa and some tree canopy herbivores.
	www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov /cec/formica.htm (413 words)

	formica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Formica honored by national groupArlington Advocate, MA - Mar 9, 2006Amanda Formica, a senior at Arlington High School in Arlington, has been selected by Students Take Action for New Directions (STAND) as the winner of the...
		Formica Corporation Announces Laminate WinnerInterior Design (subscription), NY - Feb 23, 2006More than 400 entries piled in for Formica Corporation’s Then Now and Next laminate design competition, and Robert Fairbanks of Cincinnati-based Fairbanks...
		My floor-to-ceiling Formica kitchen cabinets go right up beside my stove, so close that the Formica is showing heat marks.
	www.33beat.com /formica.html (440 words)

	Formica rufa group
		Ants of the Formica rufa group are large, aggressive, ecologically dominant ants in the northern hemisphere.
		Some European species are among the few ants with legal protection because of their importance in the control of forest insect pests.
		Many rufa group species construct large thatch mounds (such as this one) and most are probably temporary social parasites of Formica fusca group ants during nest founding.
	www.myrmecos.net /formicinae/rufa.html (84 words)

	Formica rufa , the Southern wood ant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Semiochemicals of Formica rufa, the Southern wood ant
		Löfqvist, J. Toxic properties of the chemical defence systems in the competitive ants Formica rufa and F. sanguinea.
		Löfqvist, J. Formic acid and saturated hydrocarbons as alarm pheromones for the ant Formica rufa.
	www.pherobase.com /database/species/species-Formica-rufa.php (117 words)

	Donat Agosti
		1986 Organization of the symposium Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Formica rufa species group at the X. International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Munich (with C.A.Collingwood).
		Polymorphism of males in Formica exsecta Nylander (Hym.: Formicidae).
		Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Formica rufa species-group.
	antbase.org /agosticv_2003.html (4463 words)

	formica rufa - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 5 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word formica rufa:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "formica rufa" is defined.
		Formica rufa : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=formica+rufa (98 words)

	Learning walks and landmark guidance in wood ants (Formica rufa) -- Nicholson et al. 202 (13): 1831 -- Journal of ...
		Learning walks and landmark guidance in wood ants (Formica rufa) -- Nicholson et al.
		The binding and recall of snapshot memories in wood ants (Formica rufa L.)
		View-based navigation in insects: how wood ants (Formica rufa L.) look at and are guided by extended landmarks
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/abstract/202/13/1831 (423 words)

	Ants
		It is a close relative of the well known Red Wood Ant.
		To the left: probably a winged queen of the Southern (or Red) Wood Ant (Formica rufa).
		Closely related to the Black Ant is the Yellow Meadow Ant, often simply referred to as Yellow Ant.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/ants.htm (668 words)

	View-based navigation in insects: how wood ants (Formica rufa L.) look at and are guided by extended landmarks -- ...
		View-based navigation in insects: how wood ants (Formica rufa L.) look at and are guided by extended landmarks -- Graham and Collett 205 (16): 2499 -- Journal of Experimental Biology
		Fukushi, T. Homing in wood ants, Formica japonica: use of the skyline panorama.
		Rosengren, R. Route fidelity, visual memory and recruitment behaviour in foraging wood ants of genus Formica (Hymenopterus, Formicidae).
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/205/16/2499 (6219 words)

	Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa) — breconbeacons.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa) — breconbeacons.org
		Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa)
		Wood ants are an unmistakeable feature of British woodlands, due to the size and conspicuous nature of their nest mounds, and also due to size of the ants themselves - worker ants can measure up to 1 cm in length!
	www.breconbeacons.org /conservation_and_community/biodiversity/sppfoc3 (327 words)

	Formica rufa Ant by Tom Grossman scale model build-ups figures plastic models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Formica rufa Ant by Tom Grossman scale model build-ups figures plastic models
		The built up is about 120 mm long.
		A real Formica rufa worker is about 3-5 mm long.
	www.hummingline.com /toms/models/figures/ant/ant.html (363 words)

	Action plan for Formica rufa
		The requirements of the species should be considered in the delivery of the action plans for lowland wood pasture and parkland,upland oakwoods and lowland beech and yew woodland.
		The following LBAPs are working on Formica rufa:
		Our Natural World - a local biodiversity action plan for the Brecon Beacons National Park
	www.ukbap.org.uk /UKPlans.aspx?ID=311 (554 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)