The selection of building material for wall construction by ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 779-788

  Aleksiev, Antony S ^a   Sendova Franks, Ana B ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

ant colony; building material; foraging strategy; nest building; partial preferences; Temnothorax albipennis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 34247875898     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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