Chemical correlates of reproduction and worker policing in a myrmicine ant

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Brunner, Elisabeth ^a   Kroiss, Johannes ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility reversion; Fertility signalling; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANT; EGG; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYDROCARBONS; OVARY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX UNIFASCIATUS;

EID: 57749088502     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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