Harvester ants utilize cuticular hydrocarbons in nestmate recognition

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2245-2257

  Wagner, Diane ^a   Tissot, Madeleine ^b   Cuevas, William ^c   Gordon, Deborah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; Nestmate recognition; Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HYDROCARBON; KIN RECOGNITION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS;

EID: 0033663762     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005529224856     Document Type: Article

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