Exploration and exploitation of food sources by social insect colonies: A revision of the scout-recruit concept

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 89-99

  Biesmeijer, Jacobus Christiaan ^a,b   De Vries, Han ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Communication; Foraging; Recruit; Scout; Social insects

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL INSECT;

EID: 0035154385     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000289     Document Type: Review

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