Predatory behavior and chemical communication in two Metapone species (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-151

  Hölldobler, Bert ^a   Oldham, Neil J ^b   Alpert, Gary D ^c   Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poison gland; Prey storage; Pyrrole derivative; Termite predation; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES; CRYPTOTERMES KIRBYI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; METAPONE; METAPONE MADAGASCARICA; METAPONE NEW;

EID: 0036051901     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00012-002-8340-7     Document Type: Article

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