Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate-recognition cues in the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 993-1000

  Leonhardt, Sara Diana ^a   Brandstaetter, Andreas Simon ^a   Kleineidam, Christoph Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Chemical communication; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; Postpharyngeal gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548356950     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0252-8     Document Type: Article

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