Spatial and temporal variation in pheromone composition of ant foraging trails

Many social insects use pheromones to communicate and coordinate their activities. Investigation of intraspecific differences in pheromone use is a new area of social insect research. For example, interindividual variation in alarm pheromone content has been found in physical castes of polymorphic a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2007-03, Vol.18 (2), p.444-450
Hauptverfasser:	Jackson, Duncan E., Martin, Steven J., Ratnieks, Francis L. W., Holcombe, Mike
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ant foraging Formicidae monomorine Monomorium pharaonis pheromone trail self-organization
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