Egg Recognition and Social Parasitism in Formica Ants

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1081-1092

  Chernenko, Anton ^a   Helanterä, Heikki ^a,b,c   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOASSAY; COLONY STRUCTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGG PARASITOID; EGG REJECTION; FITNESS; NEST SITE; PATHOGENICITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHELTER; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICA LEMANI; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HARNESS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80054971053     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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