The behaviour of wood ant foragers at the individual cohort and colony levels in the exploitation of carbohydrate food provided in nature by aphid aggregations
Aspects of the behaviour of the wood ant <I>Formica aquilonia</I> were studied using semi-natural conditions in the laboratory and under natural conditions in Loch Ard Forest, Aberfoyle, Scotland. In this study the main effort was towards an understanding how the foraging population is s...
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University of Edinburgh
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652399 |