How does food distance influence foraging in the ant Lasius niger: The importance of home-range marking

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-55

  Devigne, C ^a   Detrain, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distance assessment; Foraging distance; Home range marking; Lasius niger

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; SCENT MARKING;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 33644543774     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0834-9     Document Type: Article

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