Exploration versus exploitation in polydomous ant colonies

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 323, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-56

  Cook, Zoe ^a   Franks, Daniel W ^a   Robinson, Elva J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polydomy; Recruitment; Social foraging; Social insects

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; COLONY; COLONY STRUCTURE; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL INSECT;

ANT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POLYDOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECRUITMENT SUCCESS; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874464371     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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