Interaction rate informs harvester ant task decisions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-455

  Greene, Michael J ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Foraging behavior; Interaction rate; Social insects; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCARBON; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 33847689425     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl105     Document Type: Article

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