Spatio-temporal permanence and plasticity of foraging trails in young and mature leaf-cutting ant colonies (Atta spp.)

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 677-688

  Kost, Christian ^a   De Oliveira, Evandro Gama ^b   Knoch, Tobias Aurelius ^c,d   Wirth, Rainer ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atta; Foraging pattern; Fractal dimension; Leaf cutting ants; Optimal foraging; Trunk trail system

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLASTICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 26844570661     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002592     Document Type: Article

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