Nestmate recognition and intraspecific aggression based on environmental cues in argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1333-1337

  Chen, J S C ^a   Nonacs, P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biocontrol; Lincpithema humile; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0034477357     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[1333:NRAIAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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