Feeding and stocking up: radio-labelled food reveals exchange patterns in ants

Food sharing is vital for a large number of species, either solitary or social, and is of particular importance within highly integrated societies, such as in colonial organisms and in social insects. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that govern the distribution of food inside a complex organizational s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2009-06, Vol.4 (6), p.e5919-e5919
Hauptverfasser:	Buffin, Aurélie, Denis, Damien, Van Simaeys, Gaetan, Goldman, Serge, Deneubourg, Jean-Louis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal behavior Animal Communication Animal Feed Animals Ants Ants - physiology Apis mellifera Bees Behavior, Animal Biodiversity and Ecology Blattaria Changing environments Cockroaches Colonies Communication Ecology Ecology/Behavioral Ecology Ecology/Physiological Ecology Environmental Sciences Feeding Behavior Flow (Dynamics) Food Food labeling Food shortages Forage Foraging behavior Formica fusca Formicidae Honey Insects Labeling Lasius niger Medical imaging Medical imaging equipment Models, Biological Models, Statistical Negative feedback Nests Nuclear medicine Pheidole pallidula Pheromones Radionuclide Imaging - methods Scintigraphy Social Behavior Society Spatial distribution Stocking Storage capacity Studies Sucrose Sucrose - metabolism Sugar Technetium - metabolism Workers (insect caste)
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