Polymorphism: A weak influence on worker aggregation level in ants

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Depickère, Stéphanie ^a,b,d,e   Ramírez Ávila, G Marcelo ^a,c   Fresneau, Dominique ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^e c o Embajada Francia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Lasius niger; Polyethism; Self assembling; Social interactions; Solenopsis interrupta

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LASIUS NIGER; SOLENOPSIS INTERRUPTA;

EID: 40349085499     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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