Cooperative food transport in the Neotropical ant, Pheidole oxyops

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Czaczkes, T J ^a   Nouvellet, P ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Cooperative transport; Foraging behaviour; Group transport; Organisation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BODY MASS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHEIDOLE OXYOPS;

EID: 79952739980     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0130-1     Document Type: Article

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