Be meek or be bold? A colony-level behavioural syndrome in ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1791, 2014, Pages

  Bengston, S E ^a   Dornhaus, A ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; Personality; Risk tolerance; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SOCIAL INSECT; TOLERANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85003048211     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0518     Document Type: Article

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