The look of royalty: Visual and odour signals of reproductive status in a paper wasp

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1651, 2008, Pages 2555-2561

  Tannure Nascimento, Ivelize C ^a   Nascimento, Fabio S ^a,b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Nest mate discrimination reproductive conflict; Social dominance; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

CUTICLE; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HYDROCARBON; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; ODOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OOCYTE; POLISTES SATAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VISION; WASP;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; POLISTES SATAN; POLISTINAE;

EID: 54249117672     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0589     Document Type: Article

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