Worker policing and nest mate recognition in the ant Formica fusca

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1143-1149

  Helanterä, Heikki ^a,b   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formica; Hymenoptera; Nest mate recognition; Social conflict; Social insect; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; CANNIBALISM; CHEMICAL CUE; EGG PREDATION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER POLICING;

APOIDEA; FORMICA; FORMICA FUSCA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34248371131     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0327-5     Document Type: Article

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