How patrollers set foraging direction in harvester ants

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-948

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging direction; Harvester ant; Pheromones; Regulation of foraging behavior

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PHEROMONE; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 36749070488     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522843     Document Type: Article

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