Spatial organization in a dimorphic ant: Caste specificity of clustering patterns and area marking

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 642-650

  Sempo, Grégory ^a   Depickère, Stéphanie ^b   Detrain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Caste; Chemical marks; Division of labor; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; CASTE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; LABOR DIVISION; MARKING METHOD; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 33745590140     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark011     Document Type: Article

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