Impact of starvation on lasius niger' exploration

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-256

  Mailleux, Anne Catherine ^a   Devigne, Cedric ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c   Detrain, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; EXPLORATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 77949880868     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01736.x     Document Type: Article

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