Task-related differences in the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants, Pogonornyrmex barbatus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2021-2037

  Wagner, Diane ^a,f   Brown, Mark J F ^a,g   Broun, Pierre ^b,h   Cuevas, William ^c   Moses, Lincoln E ^d   Chao, Dennis L ^e,i   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Epson Palo Alto Laboratory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

ⁱ University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; N alkanes; Pogonomyrmex barbatus; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS; POGONORNYRMEX; POGONORNYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0032414771     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020781508889     Document Type: Article

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