Combined use of pheromone trails and visual landmarks by the common garden ant Lasius niger

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Evison, Sophie E F ^a   Petchey, Owen L ^a   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant foraging; Common garden ant; Lasius niger; Pheromone trails; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; SUCROSE; VISUAL CUE;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 56749152415     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0657-6     Document Type: Article

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