Pheromone trail decay rates on different substrates in the pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a,d   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging; Monomorium pharaonis; Pheromonal decay; Pheromone trail

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MONOMORIUM; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS;

EID: 0141727615     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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