Corbara B, Fresneau D, Lachaud J P, Leclerc Y, Goodall G
Unité associée au C.N.R.S. n(o)667 Laboratoire d'Ethologie et Sociobiologie, Av. J-B. Clément F-93430 VILLETANEUSE The Netherlands.
Behav Processes. 1986 Sep;13(3):237-49. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(86)90087-2.
We describe a technique based on automatic photography as an alternative to the visual scanning method for behavioural investigations of insect societies. This technique opens up the possibilities for studying poorly-populated colonies over prolonged periods. The reliability of this technique as compared to the direct observational method was demonstrated on the basis of an investigation of the social organization of a neotropical Ponerine ant (Ectatomma ruidum ). The results obtained by the two techniques were very comparable both in regards to the overall behavioural profiles for the colony and as concerns the description of functional groups and sub-castes.
我们描述了一种基于自动摄影的技术，作为昆虫社会行为研究中视觉扫描方法的替代方法。该技术为长时间研究种群稀少的蚁群开辟了可能性。通过对一种新热带区猛蚁（Ectatomma ruidum）社会组织的调查，证明了该技术与直接观察方法相比的可靠性。两种技术所获得的结果在蚁群的整体行为概况以及功能组和亚等级的描述方面都非常可比。
