Wax On, Wax Off: Nest Soil Facilitates Indirect Transfer of Recognition Cues between Ant Nestmates

Nick Bos; Lena Grinsted; Luke Holman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019435

Wax On, Wax Off: Nest Soil Facilitates Indirect Transfer of Recognition Cues between Ant Nestmates

Nick Bos, Lena Grinsted, Luke Holman

Department of Biological Sciences

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Article number	e19435
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019435
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2011

Keywords

CAMPONOTUS-VAGUS SCOP
APIS-MELLIFERA
CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS
GUARD HONEYBEES
HYMENOPTERA
EVOLUTION
VESPIDAE
QUEEN
WASP

Access to Document

10.1371/journal.pone.0019435Licence: CC BY

Cite this

@article{41028dff94f04509833aa83586cd90d9,

title = "Wax On, Wax Off: Nest Soil Facilitates Indirect Transfer of Recognition Cues between Ant Nestmates",

keywords = "CAMPONOTUS-VAGUS SCOP, APIS-MELLIFERA, CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS, GUARD HONEYBEES, HYMENOPTERA, EVOLUTION, VESPIDAE, QUEEN, WASP",

author = "Nick Bos and Lena Grinsted and Luke Holman",

year = "2011",

month = apr,

day = "29",

doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0019435",

language = "English",

volume = "6",

pages = "1--6",

journal = "PLoS ONE",

issn = "1932-6203",

publisher = "Public Library of Science",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Wax On, Wax Off

T2 - Nest Soil Facilitates Indirect Transfer of Recognition Cues between Ant Nestmates

AU - Bos, Nick

AU - Grinsted, Lena

AU - Holman, Luke

PY - 2011/4/29

Y1 - 2011/4/29

KW - CAMPONOTUS-VAGUS SCOP

KW - APIS-MELLIFERA

KW - CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS

KW - GUARD HONEYBEES

KW - HYMENOPTERA

KW - EVOLUTION

KW - VESPIDAE

KW - QUEEN

KW - WASP

U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0019435

DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0019435

M3 - Article

SN - 1932-6203

VL - 6

SP - 1

EP - 6

JO - PLoS ONE

JF - PLoS ONE

IS - 4

M1 - e19435

ER -