Self-organized asymmetries in ant foraging: A functional response to food type and colony needs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 776-781

  Portha, Stéphane ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a   Detrain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aphid tending ants; Brood; Diet; Foraging ecology; Lasius niger; Recruitment; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD REARING; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 0036862832     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.6.776     Document Type: Article

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