Polygyny reduces rather than increases nestmate discrimination cue diversity in Formica exsecta ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-383

  Martin, S J ^a   Helantera H ^b   Kiss, K ^c   Lee, Y R ^a   Drijfhout, F P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Ants; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Nestmate recognition; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ANT; MONOGYNY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350382872     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0035-z     Document Type: Article

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