Circadian consequences of social organization in the ant species Camponotus compressus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 386-390

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Lone, Shahnaz Rahman ^a   Goel, Anubhuthi ^a   Chandrashekaran, M K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INSECT SOCIETY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NOCTURNAL PATTERN; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; WORKER;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 4544306745     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0544-6     Document Type: Article

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