Multiple Levels of Recognition in Ants: A Feature of Complex Societies

Biological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-113

  d’Ettorre, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ants; individual recognition; kin recognition; nestmate recognition; social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85131588568     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2008.3.2.108     Document Type: Article

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