Caste differences in venom volatiles and their effect on alarm behaviour in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2442-2449

  Bruschini, Claudia ^a   Cervo, Rita ^a   Protti, Ilaria ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Caste; Defence; Paper wasp; Polistes dominulus; Venom volatile

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VOLATILIZATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; VOLATILIZATION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 50649117786     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017749     Document Type: Article

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