The short-term regulation of foraging in harvester ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-222

  Gordon, Deborah M ^a   Holmes, Susan ^a   Nacu, Serban ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging dynamics; Interaction network; Risk sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 38148998777     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm125     Document Type: Article

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