Why do not all workers work? Colony size and workload during emigrations in the ant Temnothorax albipennis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Dornhaus, Anna ^a   Holley, Jo Anne ^a   Pook, Victoria G ^b   Worswick, Gemma ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Colony size; Division of labor; Elitism; Social insects; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONIZATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMIGRATION; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION; WORKER POLICING;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 54049088495     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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