Signaling hunger through aggression - The regulation of foraging in a primitively eusocial wasp

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 677-680

  Lamba, Shakti ^a   Chandrasekhar, K ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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

Author keywords

Dominance behavior; Foraging; Primitively eusocial wasp; Regulation of foraging; Ropalidia marginata; Signaling hunger

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; QUEEN; SIGNALING; STARVATION; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING; HUNGER; NONHUMAN; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA; STARVATION; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASPS;

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 46149101995     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0369-9     Document Type: Article

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