Ritualised versus aggressive behaviours displayed by Polyrhachis iaboriosa (F. Smith) during intraspecific competition

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Mercier, J L ^a,b   Lenoir, A ^a   Dejean, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging; Formicinae; Intraspecific competition; Polyrhachis laboriosa; Queen foraging; Ritualisation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS;

POLYRHACHIS IABORIOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYRHACHIS LABORIOSA;

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0030609714     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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