Orientation of Polyergus rufescens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) during slave-making raids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1425-1438

  Grasso, Donato A ^c   Ugolini, Alberto ^b   Visicchio, Roberto ^c   Le Moli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN AMAZON ANT; ORIENTATION; SLAVE-MAKING RAID;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 0031471757     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0569     Document Type: Article

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