The mechanism of the queen signal in regulation of worker reproduction in the myrmicine ant Aphaenogaster smythiesi japonica

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-39

  Iwanishi, S ^a   Ohkawara, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant; Aphaenogaster; Policing; Queen signal; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WORKER POLICING;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER SMYTHIESI; FORMICIDAE; JAPONICA;

EID: 18444407812     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2005.9522613     Document Type: Article

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