How do ants assess food volume?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1061-1069

  Mailleux, Anne Catherine ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a   Detrain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 0033844785     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1396     Document Type: Article

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