The significance of intercolonial variation of cuticular hydrocarbons for inbreeding avoidance in ant sexuals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1029-1034

  Oppelt, A ^a   Spitzenpfeil, N ^a   Kroiss, J ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ant; cuticular hydrocarbon; inbreeding avoidance; Leptothorax gredleri; mating; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANT; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE CHOICE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM; STERILITY;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX GREDLERI;

EID: 49149114625     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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