Homopteran chemical signatures reduce aggression of tending ants

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Choe, Dong Hwan ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Ant homopteran mutualism; Argentine ant; Associative learning; Brown soft scale; Coccus hesperidum; Linepithema humile; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 33747186151     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-006-0344-x     Document Type: Article

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