Learning and perceptual similarity among cuticular hydrocarbons in ants

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-146

  Bos, Nick ^a   Dreier, Stephanie ^a   Jørgensen, Charlotte G ^a   Nielsen, John ^a   Guerrieri, Fernando J ^a,b   D'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Camponotus; Conditioning; Generalisation; Learning; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SUCROSE;

ALKENE; ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; CUTICLE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEARNING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HYDROCARBONS; PERCEPTION; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855197719     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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