Nestmate recognition and the genetic relatedness of nests in the ant Formica pratensis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Beye, M ^a   Neumann, P ^a   Chapuisat, M ^b,c   Pamilo, P ^d   Moritz, R F A ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Ecology   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; DNA fingerprinting; Formica; Kin recognition; Nestmate recognition; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC DISTANCE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS;

SWEDEN, OLAND;

FORMICA PRATENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031826283     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050467     Document Type: Article

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