Food recruitment as a component of the trunk-trail foraging behaviour of Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Quinet, Yves ^a   De Biseau, Jean Christophe ^a   Pasteels, Jacques M ^a  

^a Campus Plaine CP244   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Foraging; Formicidae; Lasius fuliginosus; Recruitment; Trail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD STORAGE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; SEASON;

LASIUS FULIGINOSUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; APHID; FOOD RECRUITMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; TRUNK-TRAIL FORAGING;

EID: 0030609692     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00773-0     Document Type: Article

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