From nonlinearity to optimality: Pheromone trail foraging by ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Sumpter, David J T ^a,c   Beekman, Madeleine ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONLINEARITY; PHEROMONE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS;

EID: 0041568677     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2224     Document Type: Article

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