Territorial marking in the desert ant Cataglyphis niger: Does it pay to play bourgeois?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-93

  Wenseleers, T ^a,b   Billen, J ^b   Hefetz, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bourgeois behavior; Cataglyphis niger; Cloacal gland; Hawk dove game; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS NIGER; ENTEROBACTER; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036097189     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014484229639     Document Type: Article

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