Chemical communication during foraging in the harvesting ant Messor capitatus (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-96

  Grasso, D A ^a   Mori, A ^a   Le Moli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Dufour's gland; Messor capitatus; Recruitment; Trail following

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION; FORAGING;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR CAPITATUS;

EID: 0031981869     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050071     Document Type: Article

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