Trophallaxis and aggression in the ponerine ant, Ponera coarctata: Implications for the evolution of liquid food exchange in the hymenoptera

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 707-722

  Liebig, Jürgen ^a,b   Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; FOOD EXCHANGE; TROPHALLAXIS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PONERA COARCTATA;

EID: 0030764893     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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