Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 222-243

  van Zweden, Jelle S ^a   d'Ettorre, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711909.012     Document Type: Chapter

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