Patch sampling behaviour and future foraging expectations in Argentine ants, Linepithema humile

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-527

  Nonacs, Peter ^a   Soriano, Joanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINE ANT; FOOD PATCH; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0031948031     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0615     Document Type: Article

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