Testing the level of ant activity associated with quorum sensing: An empirical approach leading to the establishment and test of a null-model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-583

  Nouvellet, P ^a   Bacon, J P ^a   Waxman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal activity; Movement; Pharaoh's ants; Record dynamics; Social insects

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; NEST SITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOST RANGE; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUORUM SENSING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS;

EID: 77955299635     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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