Marking of nest entrances and their vicinities in the ant Myrmica rubra

Biologia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-566

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a   Cammaerts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Labial gland; Metapleural glands; Myrmica rubra; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 17444362598     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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