Individual and collective decision-making during nest site selection by the ant Leptothorax albipennis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 352-359

  Mallon, E B ^a   Pratt, S C ^a   Franks, N R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Communication; Decentralised control; Decision making; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; DECISION MAKING; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0034828414     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100377     Document Type: Article

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