Colony behavior of Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the absence of the queen under laboratory conditions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Della Lucia, T M C ^a   Peternelli, E F O ^a   Lacerda, F G ^a   Peternelli, L A ^a   Moreira, D D O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Attini; Orphan colony; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FORAGING; HYMENOPTERA; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0043162117     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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