Interspecific recognition in Chilean parabiotic ant species

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-273

  Errard, C ^a,b   Ipinza Regla, J ^c   Hefetz, A ^b,d  

^a UFR des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Camponotus morosus; Cuticular chemicals; Formicidae; Interspecific tolerance; Parabiotic association; Solenopsis gayi

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTING; RECOGNITION;

CHILE;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS MOROSUS; FORMICIDAE; HOMO; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GAYI;

EID: 0042284623     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0677-1     Document Type: Article

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