Social closure, aggressive behavior, and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in the polydomous ant Cataglyphis iberica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2173-2186

  Dahbi, Abdallah ^a   Cerdá, Xim ^a,b,e   Hefetz, Abraham ^a,c   Lenoir, Alain ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

aggression; Ants; Cataglyphis iberica; colony closure; cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicinae; nestmate recognition; polydomy

Indexed keywords

ARENA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS IBERICA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030461233     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02029538     Document Type: Article

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