Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Menzel, Florian ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS RUFIFEMUR; CREMATOGASTER MODIGLIANII; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 55349100940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-16     Document Type: Article

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