Variation in the transition from inside to outside work in the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-217

  Gordon, D M ^a   Chu, J ^b   Lillie, A ^a   Tissot, M ^a   Pinter, N ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Harvester ants; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

ANT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 23944451847     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0796-3     Document Type: Article

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