Role of the queen in regulating reproduction in the bulldog ant Myrmecia gulosa: Control or signalling?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 777-784

  Dietemann, Vincent ^a,d   Peeters, Christian ^b,c   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SIGNALING;

FORMICIDAE; MYRMECIA GULOSA;

EID: 15744385136     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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