Biogenic amine levels, reproduction and social dominance in the queenless ant Streblognathus peetersi

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-153

  Cuvillier Hot, Virginie ^a,b,c   Lenoir, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c Lab d'Endocrinol des Annelides   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANT; DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS (GENUS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; STREBLOGNATHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644979014     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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