Communal Nutrition in Ants

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 740-744

  Dussutour, Audrey ^a,b   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 65449123237     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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