How temperature influences displacements and corpse aggregation behaviors in the ant Messor sancta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-315

  Challet, M ^a   Jost, C ^a   Grimal, A ^a   Lluc, J ^b   Theraulaz, G ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ant cemetery; Corpse aggregation; Displacement; Messor sancta; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; DISPLACEMENT; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL INSECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FORMICIDAE; MESSOR SANCTA;

EID: 28544437674     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0821-1     Document Type: Article

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