Individual flexibility and choice of foraging strategy in Polyrhachis laboriosa F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Mercier, J L ^a,b   Lenoir, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Exploration; Foraging; Polyrhachis; Trail laying

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYRHACHIS LABORIOSA;

EID: 0032793935     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050145     Document Type: Article

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