Endocrine physiology of the division of labour in Pogonomyrmex californicus founding queens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1005-1010

  Dolezal, Adam G ^a   Brent, Colin S ^b   Gadau, Jürgen ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a,c   Amdam, Gro V ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

division of labour; ecdysteroid; endocrine physiology; juvenile hormone; Pogonomyrmex californicus

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HONEYBEE; HORMONE; LABOR DIVISION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; STEROID;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 64549101597     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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