Two independent mechanisms of egg recognition in worker Formica fusca ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-580

  Helanterä, Heikki ^a,b,c   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formica fusca; Information; Kin selection; Nestmate recognition; Social evolution; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

ANT; EGG; KIN SELECTION; RECOGNITION; WORKER POLICING;

FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 58649113005     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0692-3     Document Type: Article

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