Spatial organization in ants' nests: Does starvation modify the aggregative behaviour of Lasius niger species?

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Depickere S ^a,b,c   Fresneau, D ^b   Deneubourg, J L ^a   Detrain, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Clustering; Food shortage; Lasius niger; Mechanism; Polyethism

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE; POLYETHISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STARVATION;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 44449127582     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-0986-5     Document Type: Article

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