Brood sorting by ants: Two phases and differential diffusion

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1095-1106

  Sendova Franks, Ana B ^a   Scholes, Samuel R ^a   Franks, Nigel R ^b   Melhuish, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD REARING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX;

EID: 3142720227     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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