Plasticity of the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of the slave-making ant Polyergus rufescens depending on the social environment

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-302

  Bonavita Cougourdan, Annie ^a   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a   Provost, Eric ^a   Dusticier, Georges ^a   Clèment, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

POLYERGUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 0030944691     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00250-7     Document Type: Article

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