Hydrocarbons detection levels in ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-455

  Ichinose, K ^a,b   Lenoir, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Aphaenogaster; Hydrocarbons detection

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; OLFACTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER SENILIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77957806849     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-010-0103-4     Document Type: Article

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