The chemical basis for trail recognition in Lasius nipponensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Akino, Toshiharu ^a   Morimoto, Masayuki ^b   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Footprint hydrocarbons; Lasius nipponensis; Trail recognition

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS;

EID: 17044365060     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-005-0287-7     Document Type: Article

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