Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10971124 | Animal Behaviour | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We examine the use of foraging pheromones during nest migrations in an ant. ⺠The long-lived foraging pheromone appears to be the most important cue during migrations. ⺠There is apparently strong evolutionary pressure to use pheromones parsimoniously.
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Authors
Sophie E.F. Evison, Jack Fenwick, William O.H. Hughes,