Not one odour but two: A new model for nestmate recognition

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Newey, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Colony odour; Nestmate recognition; Recognition systems

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ANT; COLONY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR;

AGGRESSION; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT SOCIETY; ODOR; ORGANISM COLONY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

AGGRESSION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS;

HEXAPODA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI;

EID: 78449249204     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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