Workers of a polistes paper wasp detect the presence of their queen by chemical cues

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 795-802

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Santini, Antonio ^a   Dani, Francesca R ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Chemical communication; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hydrocarbons; Queen recognition; Van der Vecht organ

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT SOCIETY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CUES; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVARY; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES GALLICUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 35348878642     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm047     Document Type: Article

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