Explosive food recruitment as a competitive strategy in the ant Myrmica sabuleti (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-73

  De Biseau, J C ^a   Quinet, Y ^a   Deffernez, L ^a   Pasteels, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; foraging; Formica fusca; interspecific competition; Myrmica sabuleti

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICA SABULETI; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 0030990683     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050023     Document Type: Article

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