Queen transport during ant colony emigration: A group-level adaptive behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-318

  Franks, Nigel R ^a   Sendova Franks, Ana B ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony emigration; Group level adaptive unit; Leptothorax; Queen; Risk minimization

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; EMIGRATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SELECTION; QUEEN; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 0034042157     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.3.315     Document Type: Article

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