Geographic affinity, cuticular hydrocarbons and colony recognition in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Thomas, Melissa L ^a   Parry, Laura J ^a   Allan, Rachel A ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032998427     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050578     Document Type: Article

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