Colony-specific hydrocarbons identify nest mates in two species of Formica ant

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1072-1080

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Dimethylalkanes; Formica; Nest mate recognition

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; HYDROCARBON; NESTMATE RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; HYDROCARBONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 48449084603     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9482-7     Document Type: Article

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