A comparison of mandibular gland volatiles from ants of the bull horn acacia, Acacia collinsii

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 651-658

  Wood, William F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia collinsii; Bull horn acacia; Crematogaster rochai; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Mandibular gland; P. nigrocincta; P. spinicola; Pseudomyrmecinae; Pseudomyrmex flavicornis

Indexed keywords

ANT;

ACACIA; ACACIA COLLINSII; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX FLAVICORNIS; PSEUDOMYRMEX SPINICOLA;

EID: 18144397881     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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