Spatial patterns in army ant foraging and migration: Eciton burchelli on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

1983/07/01 by Nigel R. Franks, C. R. Fletcher, Charles R. Fletcher · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal ecology #Biology #Ecology #Eusociality #Foraging #Habitat #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Intraspecific competition #Panama #Plant and animal studies #Sinuosity #Thicket

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00302894

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Citations

• Ants; their structure, development and behavior, by William Morton Wheeler ...
• Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
• Ants. Their Structure, Development and Behavior
• Optimal Foraging: A Selective Review of Theory and Tests

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