Caste-biased acceptance of non-nestmates in a polygynous ponerine ant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a   Tsuji, Kazuki ^a   Ohnishi, Hitoshi ^a   Le Breton, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

caste; nestmate recognition; Pachycondyla luteipes; polygyny; ponerine ant

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; CASTE; FIELD SURVEY; GROOMING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

PACHYCONDYLA LUTEIPES;

EID: 33947626541     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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