Modulation of individual behavior and collective decision-making during aggregation site selection by the ant Messor barbarus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-394

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b   Grimal, Anne ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation behavior; Chemical communication; Decision making; Messor barbarus

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MESSOR; MESSOR BARBARUS;

EID: 1142269659     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0716-y     Document Type: Article

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