Increased host aggression as an induced defense against slave-making ants

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Pamminger, Tobias ^a   Scharf, Inon ^a   Pennings, Pleuni S ^a   Foitzik, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; behavior; parasites; phenotypic plasticity; social insects

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECOGNITION; SLAVE; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS; TEMNOTHORAX; TEMNOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

EID: 79953860174     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq191     Document Type: Article

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