Conditioning of scouts and recruits during foraging by a leaf-cutting ant, Atta colombica

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Howard, Jerome J ^a   Henneman, M Lawrence ^b   Cronin, Greg A ^c   Fox, Jennifer A ^d   Hormiga, Gustavo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d US Peace Corps   (Kazakhstan)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHELANDRA; APHELANDRA GOLFODULCENSIS; ATTA; ATTA COLOMBICA; CARYOCAR; CARYOCAR COSTARICENSE; FORMICIDAE; ACANTHACEAE; CARYOCARACEAE; HYMENOPTERA;

FORAGING; LEAF-CUTTING ANT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030201418     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0175     Document Type: Article

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