Intensive food searching in humid patches: Adaptation of a myrmicine ant to environmental constraints

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-259

  Durou, S ^a   Lauga, J ^a   Dejean, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Decamorium; Foraging; Formicidae; Humidity gradient; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040008372     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390151074410     Document Type: Article

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