The influence of forager number and colony size on food distribution in the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-192

  Buczkowski, G ^a   Bennett, G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Immunomarking; Odorous house ant; Protein marking; Tapinoma sessile; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONY STRUCTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOASSAY; ODOR; PROTEIN;

FORMICIDAE; TAPINOMA SESSILE;

EID: 70349507690     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0011-7     Document Type: Article

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