The effect of aggregates on interaction rate in ant colonies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 535-540

  Nicolis, S C ^a   Theraulaz, G ^a   Deneubourg, J L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 13844275886     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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