Synergy between social and private information increases foraging efficiency in ants

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-524

  Czaczkes, Tomer J ^a   Grüter, Christoph ^a   Jones, Sam M ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple information sources; Route memory; Synergy; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MEMORY; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL INSECT; SYNERGISM; WALKING;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; PHEROMONES; WALKING;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 80051683770     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0067     Document Type: Article

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