Cooperative prey-retrieving in the ant Cataglyphis floricola: An unusual short-distance recruitment

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Amor, F ^a   Ortega, P ^a   Cerda X ^a   Boulay, R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis floricola; Cooperation; Foraging strategy; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NEST; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; PREY PREFERENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SCAVENGER; SYMPATRY;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS FLORICOLA; CATAGLYPHIS ROSENHAUERI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 76149131983     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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