Chemical profiles of mated and virgin queens, egg-laying intermorphs and workers of the ant Crematogaster smithi

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 672-679

  Oettler, Jan ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^b   Herzner, Gudrun ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crematogaster smithi; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signal; Intermorphs

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANT; EGG; FERTILITY; HYDROCARBON; MORPHOLOGY; QUEEN; SIGNAL; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

CREMATOGASTER SMITHI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41949110891     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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