Worker rank, reproductive status and cuticular hydrocarbon signature in the ant, Pachycondyla cf. inversa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-65

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Stengl, Bernhard ^b   Sledge, Matthew F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Dominance hierarchy; Fertility signal; Formicidae; Reproductive conflict

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA INVERSA;

EID: 0036626472     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0491-1     Document Type: Article

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