Recognition of social identity in ants

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Bos, Nick ^a   d'Ettorre, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Learning; Nestmate recognition; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867073577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00083     Document Type: Short Survey

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