Marking of nest entrance vicinity in the ant Pheidole pallidula (Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-31

  Cammaerts, M C ^a   Cammaerts, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Bourgeois strategy; Metapleural gland; Nest entrances; Territorial marking

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE;

PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; MARKING; NEST ENTRANCE;

EID: 0031597554     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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