Solitary foraging in the ancestral South American ant, Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus. Is it due to constraints in the production or perception of trail pheromones?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Torres Contreras, Hugo ^a   Olivares Donoso, Ruby ^a   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alkylpyrazines; Behavioral bioassays; Harvester ants; Pentadecane; Trail pheromones; Trimethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANT; BIOASSAY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALISM; PHEROMONE; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX VERMICULATUS;

EID: 33846421585     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9240-7     Document Type: Article

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