Pheromone trails in the Brazilian ant Pheidole oxyops: Extreme properties and dual recruitment action

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1149-1156

  Czaczkes, Tomer J ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Communication; Foraging organisation; Pheidole oxyops; Recruitment; Trail pheromones

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PHEROMONE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WORKER CASTE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE OXYOPS;

EID: 84864372446     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1367-7     Document Type: Article

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