Adult transport in the ant Cataglyphis iberica: A means to maintain a uniform colonial odour in a species with multiple nests

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Dahbi, A ^a   Cerda X ^b   Hefetz, A ^a,c   Lenoir, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

'gestalt' odour; adult carrying; Cataglyphis iberica; hydrocarbon profiles; polydomy

Indexed keywords

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS IBERICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030956465     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01135.x     Document Type: Article

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