The self-organizing exploratory pattern of the argentine ant

J. L. Deneubourg; Serge Aron; Simon Goss; Jacques M. Pasteéls

doi:10.1007/bf01417909

Keywords

Animal ecologyForagingNest (protein structural motif)BiologyArgentine antFormicoideaEcologyExploratory researchZoologyAculeataHymenopteraSociologyAnthropology

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Université Libre de Bruxelles BE

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Year: 1990
Type: article
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Pages: 159-168
Citations: 905
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                                    J. L. Deneubourg, 
                                
                                    Serge Aron, 
                                
                                    Simon Goss
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            The self-organizing exploratory pattern of the argentine ant. 
                            Journal of Insect Behavior
                            , 3
                            (2)
                            , 159-168.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01417909
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/bf01417909