Benefits of dispersed central-place foraging: An individualbased model of a polydomous ant colony

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 772-778

  Schmolke, Amelie ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant foraging; Individual based model; Polydomy; Temnothorax rugatulus

Indexed keywords

ANT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

TEMNOTHORAX RUGATULUS;

ANIMAL; ANT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650230616     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598493     Document Type: Article

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