Colony variation in the collective regulation of foraging by harvester ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-435

  Gordon, Deborah M ^a   Guetz, Adam ^a   Greene, Michael J ^b   Holmes, Susan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral reaction norm; behavioral syndrome; individual variation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; COLONY FOUNDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 79953874194     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq218     Document Type: Article

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