… and ecology has accumulated over the last centuries. One of these aspects—the one we
both got hooked on—is how social insects find food sources and how they efficiently exploit …

… source (scented pollen and nectar) was provided to the colonies and the approaches to this
food source and to differently scented flowers were observed (transition 2). She found that 95…

… of how food availability and distribution may shape social information … Many social insect
colonies persist at the same site for … , and they invite more direct development of this approach. …

… and behavioral mechanisms that enable resource exploitation and … In eusocial insects, such
as ants and several bee species, … As insects provide a major food source for several higher …

… Instead, we will first compare the behavioral rules used by both leaf- and grass-cutting ant
foragers upon discovery of a suitable plant, thereby concentrating on the trade-off between …

… approaches to foraging decisions. The first section will provide an overview of foraging
decisions evidenced in social insects exploiting food … behavior with increasing distances of food …

… chapters move through behavior and social insect ecology, to … we devote Part V to food webs
and communities, and Part VI … thousands of ways in which plant biomass can be exploited. …

… exploit resources in their environment, and the ecological context (competitors, predators,
arrays of resources) may restrict the ways in which a behavioral … of exploitation of any food item …

… game-theoretical concepts we apply to model the behavior of … So we adopt a game theory
approach, because with or … A territory holder sometimes allows a satellite to exploit food …

… new ways of understanding the organization of social insect … another species nest easily
and take from their stock of food. … social insect queens contained references to exploitation and …