Recruitment in starved nests: The role of direct and indirect interactions between scouts and nestmates in the ant Lasius niger

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Mailleux, A C ^a   Buffin, A ^b   Detrain, C ^b   Deneubourg, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Food transfer; Lasius niger; Starvation; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST SITE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL INSECT; STARVATION; THRESHOLD;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 80052605125     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0177-7     Document Type: Article

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