Chemical based communication and its role in decision making within the social insects

This thesis investigates chemical communication and decision making in a stingless bee (Tetragonisca angustula) and two species of ants (Lasius flavus and L. niger). Complex chemical signalling and seemingly elaborate behavioural patterns based upon decisions made by individuals of a colony have fac...

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Main Author: Jones, Sam
Published: University of Sussex 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606013