The response of grass-cutting ants to natural and synthetic versions of their alarm pheromone

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-172

  Hughes, W O H ^a,c   Howse, P E ^a   Vilela, E F ^b   Goulson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alarm; Atta bisphaerica; Atta capiguara; Formicidae; Leaf cutting ants; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; BIOASSAY; PHEROMONE;

ATTA BISPHAERICA; ATTA CAPIGUARA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0034954916     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2001.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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