Cuticular chemistry of two social forms in a facultatively polygyne ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formica truncorum)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Johnson, Christine A ^a,b   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; DISPERSAL; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POLYGAMY; QUEEN;

FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84861538255     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.049.0101     Document Type: Article

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