Polydomy and the organization of foraging in a colony of the Malaysian giant ant Camponotus gigas (Hym./Form.)

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-590

  Pfeiffer, Martin ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a Theodor Boveri Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borneo; Camponotus; Dispersed central place foraging; Polydomy; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

MALAYSIA;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS GIGAS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032412184     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050695     Document Type: Article

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