Food exploitation by social insects : ecological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches /: ecological, behavioral, and theoretical approaches. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Stefan Jarau, Michael Hrncir.
• Other Names: Jarau, Stefan; Hrncir, Michael
• Contents: Front cover; Contents; Preface; The Editors; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Foraging Decisions, Patterns, and Strategies; Chapter 1. Measuring the Adaptiveness of Social Insect Foraging Strategies: An Empirical Approach*; Chapter 2. Social Cues and Adaptive Foraging Strategies in Ants; Chapter 3. Individual and Social Foraging in Social Wasps; Chapter 4. Season-Dependent Foraging Patterns: Case Study of Neotropical Forest-Dwelling Ant (Pachycondyla striata; Ponerinae); Chapter 5. Foraging Range and the Spatial Distribution of Worker Bumble Bees.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (348 pages, [4] pages of plates), illustrations (some color), map
• Subjects: 595.7/153; Insect societies; Insects -- Food; Animal communication; Science; Science: Zoology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Animal communication; Insect societies; Insects -- Food; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420075618; 1420075616
• Related ISBNs: 9781420075601; 1420075608
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.