Young fire ant workers feign death and survive aggressive neighbors

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 617-624

  Cassill, Deby L ^a   Vo, Kim ^b   Becker, Brandie ^b  

^a Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Defense; Submission; Thanatosis; Tonic immobility; War

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SELF DEFENSE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SURVIVAL; WORKER (INSECT);

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; CUES; DEATH; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 46149087750     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0362-3     Document Type: Article

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