Kin-informative recognition cues in ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1714, 2011, Pages 1942-1948

  Nehring, Volker ^a   Evison, Sophie E F ^b   Santorelli, Lorenzo A ^b   d'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a,c   Hughes, William O H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Kin recognition; Nepotism; Social evolution; Social insect

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANT; COLONY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; KIN RECOGNITION; NEPOTISM; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROCARBONS; PANAMA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79957648854     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2295     Document Type: Article

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