Agonistic behavior of Argentine ants to scales and scale parasitoids and their cuticular extracts

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 799-818

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Coccus hesperidum; Cuticular exracts; Linepithema humile; Metaphycus flavus

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; COCCIDAE; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; METAPHYCUS FLAVUS;

EID: 33750582209     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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