The mandibular gland, probably the source of the alarm substance in Leptanilla sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 596-597

  Billen, J ^a   Ito, F ^b   Maile, R ^c   Morgan, E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HYMENOPTERA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0031797520     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050557     Document Type: Article

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