Response thresholds to recruitment signals and the regulation of foraging intensity in the ant Myrmica sabuleti (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-148

  De Biseau, Jean Christophe ^a   Pasteels, Jacques M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Foraging; Formicidae; Myrmica sabuleti; Recruitment; Trail

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SUCROSE;

FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; RECRUITMENT; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA SABULETI;

EID: 0033983910     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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