The Effect of Gradual Increase of Group Size on the Expression of Predatory Behavior in Workers of the Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-349

  Szczuka, A ^b   Godzinska E J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Formica polyctena; Formicidae; Group size; Predatory behavior; Social context

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0842280747     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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