Trail pheromones and Dufour gland contents in three Camponotus species (C. castaneus, C. balzani, C. sericeiventris: Formicidae, Hymenoptera)

Chemoecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Kohl, Eva ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^b   Bestmann, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpenter ants; Communication; Dufour gland; Formic acid; Hindgut contents; Multicomponent signals; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS BALZANI; CAMPONOTUS CASTANEUS; CAMPONOTUS SERICEIVENTRIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0141564641     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-003-0237-1     Document Type: Article

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