The scent of supercolonies: The discovery, synthesis and behavioural verification of ant colony recognition cues

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brandt, Miriam ^a,b   van Wilgenburg, Ellen ^a,c   Sulc, Robert ^d   Shea, Kenneth J ^d   Tsutsui, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARGENTINE ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INVASION; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CUES; HYDROCARBONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKIN;

EID: 71149099309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-71     Document Type: Article

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