Workers of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata do not perceive their queen across a wire mesh partition

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Sumana, A ^a   Deshpande, Sujata A ^a   Bhadra, Anindita ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dominance behaviour; Non volatile pheromone; Potential queen; Primitively eusocial wasp; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 42449095886     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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