Regulation of queen development through worker aggression in a predatory ant

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 992-998

  Penick, Clint A ^a   Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; developmental plasticity; juvenile hormone; queen determination; social regulation; stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUSOCIALITY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; NUTRITION; PREDATOR; QUEEN; REARING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HARPEGNATHOS SALTATOR; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84865735005     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars062     Document Type: Article

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