Conspecific attraction and shelter selection in gregarious insects

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-58

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cockroaches; Conspecific attraction; Decision making; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COCKROACH; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLATTELLIDAE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLATTELLIDAE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34250796730     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518570     Document Type: Article

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