Behavioural syndromes at multiple scales in Myrmica ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-397

  Chapman, Ben B ^a,b   Thain, Harry ^a   Coughlin, Jennifer ^a   Hughes, William O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Behavioural syndrome; Colony behaviour; Myrmica; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CASTE; CORRELATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESEARCH WORK;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA;

EID: 79960564526     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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