Long-term dynamics in proximity networks in ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 915-923

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ant; Association; Odontomachus hastatus; RFID; Social network

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; HOMOGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ODONTOMACHUS HASTATUS;

EID: 84858747979     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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