Nestmate recognition in a stingless bee: does the similarity of chemical cues determine guard acceptance?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Nunes, Tulio M ^a   Nascimento, Fabio S ^a,b   Turatti, Izabel C ^a   Lopes, Norberto P ^a   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chemical ecology; cuticular hydrocarbon; Frieseomelitta varia; kin selection; Lestrimelitta limao; nestmate recognition; recognition system; social insect; stingless bee

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEE; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; KIN SELECTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; QUEEN; ROBBING; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; FRIESEOMELITTA VARIA; HEXAPODA; LESTRIMELITTA LIMAO; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 39549119771     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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