Hydrocarbon signals explain the pattern of worker and egg policing in the ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1275-1282

  Smith, Adrian A ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a,b   Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Egg policing; Fertility signal; Physical policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EGG; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

APHAENOGASTER COCKERELLI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 53649100098     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9529-9     Document Type: Article

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