'You are what you eat': Diet modifies cuticular hydrocarbons and nestmate recognition in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 412-416

  Liang, D ^a   Silverman, J ^a  

^a The Clorox Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; HYDROCARBON; RECOGNITION;

AGGRESSION; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATION; RECOGNITION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033774396     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050752     Document Type: Article

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