Seasonal nestmate recognition in the polydomous ant Plagiolepis pygmaea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1023-1030

  Thurin, Nicolas ^a   Aron, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ants; nestmate recognition; Plagiolepis pygmaea; polydomy; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORKER CASTE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORMICIDAE; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA;

EID: 39449134594     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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