Individual and collective foraging decisions: A field study of worker recruitment in the gypsy ant Aphaenogaster senilis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-562

  Cerdá, Xim ^a,b,c   Angulo, Elena ^b,c   Boulay, Raphaël ^c   Lenoir, Alain ^a  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Food size; Foraging; Group recruitment; Thermophily

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL INSECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOPHILY;

APHAENOGASTER SENILIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; LASIUS NIGER; SESAMUM INDICUM; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM;

EID: 58649122464     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0690-5     Document Type: Article

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