Avoidance of conspecific colonies during nest choice by ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Franks, N R ^a   Dornhaus, A ^a   Hitchcock, G ^a   Guillem, R ^a   Hooper, J ^a   Webb, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ant colonies; collective behaviour; collective decision making; competition; emigration; intraspecific aggression; nest choice; Temnothorax albipennis

Indexed keywords

ANT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSION; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; ODOR;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 33847649672     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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