Changes in the cuticular hydrocarbons of incipient reproductives correlate with triggering of worker policing in the bulldog ant Myrmecia gulosa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 486-496

  Dietemann, Vincent ^a,c   Liebig, Jürgen ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a   Peeters, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Oophagy; Worker policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYRMECIA GULOSA;

EID: 27744505837     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0939-1     Document Type: Article

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