Recruitment behavior during foraging in the neotropical ant Gnamptogenys moelleri (Formicidae: Ponerinae): Does the type of food matter?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-458

  Cogni, Rodrigo ^a   Oliveira, Paulo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Univ Estadual C   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ants; communication; Ectatommini; foraging behavior; group retrieval; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECTATOMMINI; FORMICIDAE; GNAMPTOGENYS; GNAMPTOGENYS MOELLERI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PONERINAE;

EID: 4844229102     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000042534.95716.7a     Document Type: Article

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