The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-513

  Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   Lopes, Juliane F S ^b   Andrade, Ana Paula P ^a   Raetano, Carlos G ^a   Mendonça, Cristina G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Communication; Self grooming

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33748864948     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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