The Role of Group Size in the Control of Expression of Predatory Behavior in Workers of the Red Wood Ant Formica polyctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 295-325

  Szczuka, A ^a   Godzinska E J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0842345581     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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