No evidence of volatile chemicals regulating reproduction in a multiple queen ant

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 625-629

  Coston, Duncan J ^a,c   Gill, Richard J ^a,b,d   Hammond, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Conflict; Cooperation; Functional monogyny; Leptothorax acervorum; Reproductive skew; Signalling; Worker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84855168555     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0801-4     Document Type: Article

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