The cavity-dwelling ant Leptothorax curvispinosus uses nest geometry to discriminate between potential homes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-287

  Pratt, Stephen C ^a   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEST SITE; NEST STRUCTURE; SITE SELECTION;

CRYPSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX CURVISPINOSUS;

EID: 0034874206     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1777     Document Type: Article

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