Key relocation leaders in an Indian queenless ant

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-89

  Sumana, Annagiri ^a   Sona, Chandan ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diacamma; Division of labor; Emigration; Ponerine ant; Tandem running

Indexed keywords

ANT; CATALYST; COLONY STRUCTURE; EMIGRATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; DIACAMMA INDICUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT SOCIETY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NONHUMAN;

DIACAMMA; DIVISION OF LABOR; EMIGRATION; PONERINE ANT; TANDEM RUNNING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

INDIA;

DIACAMMA; DIACAMMA INDICUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84880022285     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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