Chemical signals associated with life inhibit necrophoresis in Argentine ants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8251-8255

  Choe, Dong Hwan ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Dolichodial; Iridomyrmecin; Linepithema humile; Social insects

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DOLICHODIAL; FATTY ACID; IRIDOMYRMECIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DEATH; DEGRADATION; FORAGING; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MONOTERPENES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 66249103990     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901270106     Document Type: Article

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