Brood exchange experiments and chemical analyses shed light on slave rebellion in ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 948-956

  Achenbach, Alexandra ^a   Witte, Volker ^a   Foitzik, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

brood parasites; chemical communication; coevolution; cuticular hydrocarbons; host defenses; slave making ants

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ANT; ARMS RACE; BROOD PARASITISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PUPA; SYMPATRY; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 77955910385     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq008     Document Type: Article

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