Research director, FNRS
Contact :
Unité d’Ecologie Sociale (USE)
ULB CP 231
Campus de la Plaine
bd du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles
E-mail: claire.detrain@ulb.be
Tel: 02.650 55.29 (from abroad +32.2.650.55.29)
Fax: 02.650 59.87 (from abroad +32.2.650.59.87)
COURSES
BIOL-F446 – Comportement Animal
Program proposing this course at the faculty of Sciences: MA-BIOR
BIOL-F4001 – Behavioural Ecology in natural and man-made environment
Program proposing this course at the faculty of Sciences: MA-BIOR, MA-IRBA.
Program proposing this course in Erasmus mundus: Tropimundo cursus.
Program proposing this course at the Brussels School of Engineering: MA-IRBA.
RESEARCH TOPICS
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Social immunity and sanitary strategies in ant societies
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Ant-aphid mutualism
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Ant-plant relationships
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Individual decision-making and collective behavior in ant societies
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Polymorphism and division of labour in ant societies
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Self-organisation in biological systems
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Bioinspiration : towards mixed societies of natural and artificial agents