Do these eggs smell funny to you?: An experimental study of egg discrimination by hosts of the social parasite Polyergus breviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-255

  Johnson, Christine A ^a,d   Topoff, Howard ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^b   Lavine, Barry ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolutionary processes; Colony integration; Dependent colony founding; Formica; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

BREVICEPS; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS; POLYERGUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 12844249651     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0851-0     Document Type: Article

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