The red and the black: Habituation and the dear-enemy phenomenon in two desert Pheidole ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 285-292

  Langen, T A ^a   Tripet, F ^a   Nonacs, P ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dear enemy phenomenon; Formicidae; Habituation; Pheidole; Recognition systems; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033828211     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000223     Document Type: Article

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