Individual constancy of local search strategies in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 673-682

  Breed, Michael D ^a   Stierstorfer, Christian ^a   Furness, Ellen D ^a   Jeral, Joseph M ^a   Fewell, Jennifer H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Arizona State Univesrity ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

foraging; giving up time; Ponerinae; search strategy; tropical

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARAPONERA CLAVATA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0030473587     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213548     Document Type: Article

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