Out of sight but not out of mind: Modulation of recruitment according to home range marking in ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1023-1029

  Devigne, Cedric ^a   Renon, Ares J ^b   Detrain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 3042778973     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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