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Experimental study and modelling of food recruitment in the antTetramorium impurum (Hym. Form.)

Etude expérimentale du recrutement global chezTetramorium impurum (Hym. Form.)

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A study of global recruitment inTetramorium impurum has shown its main characteristics.

The growth of population in the neighbourhood of the food source is a logistic curve. Damped oscillations are observed. These oscillations are the result of time delay in recruitment and crowding around the food source.

A mathematical model is able to reproduce these different effects and it allows one to identify and give quantitative values to pertinent parameters.

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Une étude du recrutement global, menée chezTetramorium impurum, a mis en évidence ses principales caractéristiques.

La croissance de la population participant au recrutement est de typè logistique. De plus, des oscillations amorties sont observées. Celles-ci ont deux origines: les délais temporels dans les recrutements et l'effet de l'encombrement à la source.

Un modèle mathématique permettant de reproduire ces différents effets et de quantifier les paramètres pertinents est présenté.

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  1. Département de Biologie Animale et Service de Chimie-Physique II, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B 1050, Bruxelles

    J. C. Verhaeghe & J. L. Deneubourg

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Verhaeghe, J.C., Deneubourg, J.L. Experimental study and modelling of food recruitment in the antTetramorium impurum (Hym. Form.). Ins. Soc 30, 347–360 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223992

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