Scavenging by Pheidole pallidula: A key for understanding decision-making systems in ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Detrain, Claire ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; COCKROACH; DECISION MAKING; FRUIT FLY; PREY SELECTION; SCAVENGING;

EID: 0030801945     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0305     Document Type: Article

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