Queen acceptance and the complexity of nestmate discrimination in the Argentine ant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-548

  Vásquez, Gissella M ^a   Silverman, Jules ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Argentine ant; Genetic similarity; Linepithema humile; Nestmate recognition; Non nestmate adoption

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANT; FECUNDITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; QUEEN; RECOGNITION;

HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 38049001130     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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