Selective adaptation of the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the slave-making ants Polyergus rufescens Latr. and their Formica rufibarbis Fab. and F. cunicularia Latr. slaves

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-329

  Bonavita Cougourdan, Annie ^a,b   Rivière, Germaine ^a   Provost, Eric ^a   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a,c   Roux, Maurice ^b   Dusticier, Georges ^a   Clément, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemical signature; cuticular hydrocarbons; Formica cunicularia; Formica rufibarbis; heterospecific ant colonies; pheromone regulation; Polyergus rufescens; slave making ants; social insects

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; POLYERGUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 0029927609     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02029-2     Document Type: Article

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