Trail-Laying Behaviour as a Function of Resource Quality in the Ant Camponotus rufipes
Chemical trails have been shown to act as an orientation cue in some ant species. Here, I report that the trail-laying behaviour in the nectar-feeding ant, Camponotus rufipes, varies with the concentration of the sucrose solutions collected. Single workers collected solutions of different sucrose co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/139385 |