Queen and colony odour in the multiple nest ant species, Cataglyphis iberica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-313

  Dahbi, A ^a   Lenoir, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Cataglyphis; Formicidae; Polydomy; Queen odour; Worker odour

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; KIN RECOGNITION; OLFACTORY CUE; QUEEN;

CATAGLYPHIS IBERICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031671558     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050090     Document Type: Article

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