Effect of social and environmental factors on ant aggregation: A general response?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1349-1355

  Depickère, Stéphanie ^a,b   Fresneau, Dominique ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Light intensity; Polyethism; Social pattern; Spatial distribution; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT EFFECT; POLYETHISM; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DARKNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CREMATOGASTER SCUTELLARIS; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 51449095984     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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