Contact between supercolonies elevates aggression in Argentine ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Thomas, M L ^a,d   Payne Makrisa C M ^b   Suarez, A V ^b   Tsutsui, N D ^c   Holway, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Dear enemy; Genetic relatedness; Nestmate recognition; Territory border

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTAGONISM; COLONY; DEAR ENEMY PHENOMENON; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TERRITORIALITY;

HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 34548019222     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0935-8     Document Type: Article

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