Ant defence system: A mechanism organizing individual responses into efficient collective behavior

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 395-403

  Sakata, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama, Noboru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aphids; Foraging; Information processing; Social physiology

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; SOCIAL INSECT;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 0011708664     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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