Mechanisms of dispersed central-place foraging in polydomous colonies of the Argentine ant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 433-441

  Holway, David A ^a   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; COLONY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0033836335     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1329     Document Type: Article

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