Foraging Strategies by Colony Size

The following table is from Beckers et al. 1985 (see publication for references in table). It was used to examine how colony size might influence foraging strategies.

Foraging Type = I Individual, TR Tandem recruitment, GM Group/Mass recruitment, MR Mass recruitment, TT Trunk trail, GH Group hunting

R. Beckers, S.  Goss, J. L. Deneubourg, and J. M. Pasteels, “Colony Size, Communication and Ant Foraging Strategy,” Psyche, vol. 96, no. 3-4, pp. 239-256, 1989. DOI:10.1155/1989/94279