Wood ants use resin to protect themselves against pathogens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 2013-2017

  Chapuisat, Michel ^a   Oppliger, Anne ^a   Magliano, Pasqualina ^a   Christe, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Host defence; Parasite resistance; Self medication; Social insects

Indexed keywords

RESIN; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; LARVA; PATHOGEN; RESIN; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT SOCIETY; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FORMICA PARALUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 34547171213     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0531     Document Type: Article

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