Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1640, 2008, Pages 1271-1278

  Martin, Stephen J ^a   Vitikainen, Emma ^b   Helanterä, Heikki ^a   Drijfhout, Falko P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formica; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; HYDROCARBON;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ALKENE; ALTRUISM; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INSECT; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORMICA EXSECTA; NEST MATE DISCRIMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42549116235     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1708     Document Type: Article

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