Temporal variation in recognition cues: implications for the social life of weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 481-488

  Newey, Philip S ^a   Robson, Simon K A ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggression; colony odour; near infrared spectroscopy; Oecophylla smaragdina; recognition; weaver ant

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; NEAR INFRARED; ODOR; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI; REPTILIA;

EID: 58349115440     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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