Nest volatiles as modulators of nestmate recognition in the ant Camponotus fellah

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Katzav Gozansky, Tamar ^a   Boulay, Raphaël ^b   Ionescu Hirsh, Armin ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air flow; Ant; Nest volatiles; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AIRFLOW; ANT; NEST; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTORY CUE; SECRETION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOLATILIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; VOLATILIZATION;

CAMPONOTUS FELLAH; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 38749118216     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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