Efficiency and regulation of recruitment during colony emigration by the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1369-1376

  Pratt, Stephen C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Nest site selection; Quorum sensing; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EMIGRATION; NEST SITE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SITE SELECTION;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; TEMNOTHORAX CURVISPINOSUS;

EID: 43749123468     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0565-9     Document Type: Article

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