Nest separation and the dynamics of the Gestalt odor in the polydomous ant Cataglyphis iberica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 349-355

  Dahbi, Abdallah ^a   Lenoir, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

'Gestalt' odor; Cataglyphis; Hydrocarbons; Polydomy; Postpharyngeal gland

Indexed keywords

ANT NEST; GESTALT ODOUR; HYDROCARBON; ODOUR;

CATAGLYPHIS IBERICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031805510     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050447     Document Type: Article

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