Division of labour in ant colonies in terms of attractive fields

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-402

  Arcaute, Elsa ^a   Christensen, Kim ^a   Sendova Franks, Ana ^b   Dahl, Torbjørn ^c   Espinosa, Angela ^d   Jensen, Henrik J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant colonies; Division of labour; Specialisation; Stimuli

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70450195924     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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