Social context predicts recognition systems in ant queens

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 644-649

  Dreier, S ^a   D'Ettorre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony foundation; Dominance hierarchies; Evolution of recognition systems; Individual recognition; Life history; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY FOUNDING; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; PREDICTION; QUEEN; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER; PACHYCONDYLA;

EID: 60649111751     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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