Do ant mimics imitate cuticular hydrocarbons of their models?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1193-1199

  Pekar S ^a   Jiros P ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Araneae; Batesian mimicry; Defence; Formicidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYDROCARBON; MIMICRY; SURVIVAL;

APHAENOGASTER SENILIS; ARANEAE; FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; FORMICA SUBRUFA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LASIUS PLATYTHORAX; LIOMETOPUM MICROCEPHALUM; MICARIA; MYRMARACHNE; PHRUROLITHUS; ZODARION;

EID: 80054768579     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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