Quorum sensing by encounter rates in the ant Temnothorax albipennis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 488-496

  Pratt, Stephen C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Collective decision making; Nest site selection; Quorum sensing; Temothorax albipemis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENCOUNTER RATE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX;

EID: 14644420266     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari020     Document Type: Article

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