A sensitive and reliable assay for queen discrimination ability in laboratory-reared workers of the ant Camponotus japonicus

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1019-1025

  Hara, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral assay; Camponotus japonicus; Carpenter ants; Formicidae; Queen discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LARVA; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LARVA; ODORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036770689     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.1019     Document Type: Article

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