Can Dufour's gland compounds honestly signal fertility in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-161

  Mitra, Aniruddha ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Honest signal; Ovarian activation; Queen pheromone; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CORRELATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUSOCIALITY; FECUNDITY; HONEST SIGNALING; PHEROMONE; QUEEN; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHEROMONES; WASPS;

ROPALIDIA MARGINATA;

EID: 79953837227     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0749-9     Document Type: Article

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