Rescue behaviour shown by workers of Formica sanguinea latr., F. fusca L. and F. cinerea mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in response to their nestmates caught by an ant lion larva

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 423-431

  Czechowski, Wojciech ^a   Godzińska, Ewa Joanna ^b   Kozłowski, Marek W ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ant lions; Ants; Co operation; Cross specific communication; Formica cinerea; Formica fusca; Formica sanguinea; Mixed colonies; Myrmeleon formicarius; Slavery; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

FORMICA CINEREA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICA SANGUINEA; MYRMELEON FORMICARIUS;

EID: 0036449399     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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