Ant traffic rules

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2357-2363

  Fourcassié, Vincent ^a   Dussutour, Audrey ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Foraging; Self organization; Traffic; Trail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954075844     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031237     Document Type: Review

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