Origin of oleic acid, corpse recognition signal in the ant, Formica japonica motschlsky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-271

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

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpse recognition; Formica japonica; Oleic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444433263     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.40.265     Document Type: Article

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