How raiders of the slave-making ant polyergus rufescens (hymenoptera formicidae) evaluate a target host nest

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-378

  Visicchio, R ^a   Castracani, C ^a   Mori, A ^a   Grasso, D A ^a   Le Moli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation of resources; Polyergus rufescens; Raiding activity; Slave making ant

Indexed keywords

ANT; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS; POLYERGUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 1642477482     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2003.9522663     Document Type: Article

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