Recruitment and trail communication in two species of messor ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Grasso, Donato A ^a   Mori, Alessandra ^a   Le Moli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alarm; Chemical communication; Messor Recruitment; Stridulations; Trail following

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT;

MESSOR MINOR; MESSOR WASMANNI;

EID: 0033505950     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356280     Document Type: Article

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