Influence of the queen on worker behaviour and queen recognition behaviour in ants

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-446

  Vienne, Catherine ^b   Errard, Christine ^a   Lenoir, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ATTRACTIVENESS; QUENN RECOGNITION; WORKER;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MANICA RUBIDA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS;

EID: 0031832699     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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