Leaf-cutter ant species (Hymenoptera: Atta) differ in the types of cues used to differentiate between self and others

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 945-952

  Hernández, José V ^a,b   Goitia W ^c   Osio, A ^a   Cabrera, A ^b   Lopez, H ^a   Sainz, C ^a   Jaffe, K ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Comportamiento   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; KIN SELECTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; ATTA LAEVIGATA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33645130597     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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