Queen reproduction, chemical signalling and worker behaviour in polygyne colonies of the ant Formica fusca

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 477-485

  Hannonen, Minttumaaria ^a   Sledge, Matthew F ^b   Turillazzi, Stefano ^b   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; PHEROMONE; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036402305     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.4001     Document Type: Article

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