Nest excavation in ants: Group size effects on the size and structure of tunneling networks

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 602-606

  Buhl, Jérôme ^a   Gautrais, Jacques ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; GROUP SIZE; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FRANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; MESSOR; MESSOR SANCTA;

EID: 11244303619     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0577-x     Document Type: Article

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