Context-dependent nestmate discrimination and the effect of action thresholds on exogenous cue recognition in the Argentine ant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 741-749

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Silverman, Jules ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; KIN RECOGNITION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION;

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 13844297942     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.027     Document Type: Article

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