Comparison of the behavior of nurses and foragers of the carpenter ant, Camponotus melanocnemis, during dyadic nestmate reunion tests carried out after a period of social isolation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 667-702

  Wagner Ziemka, A ^a,b   Gonzalez Szwacka, A ^a,c   Korczynska J ^a   Kieruzel, M ^a   Fialkowska B ^a   Godzinska E J ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Camponotus melanocnemis; Exploration; Forager; Formicidae; Nurse; Polyethism; Social isolation; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 56049101171     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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