Imperfect chemical female mimicry in males of the ant cardiocondyla obscurior

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1101-1105

  Cremer, Sylvia ^a   D'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a,b   Drijfhout, Falko P ^c   Sledge, Matthew F ^d   Turillazzi, Stefano ^d   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Ant males; Female mimicry; Intraspecific chemical mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIMICRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANT; ARTICLE; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORELIMB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WING;

CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR;

EID: 54049156796     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0430-8     Document Type: Article

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