Influences on resource-holding potential during dangerous group contests between wood ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Batchelor, Tim P ^a   Briffa, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Energetic status; Formica rufa; Group size; Lanchester's attrition laws; Red wood ant; Resource holding potential; Weapon

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FIGHTING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; RESOURCE SELECTION; SIGNAL; WOOD;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77955564951     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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