Task-related differences in the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus

D Wagner, Mark J F Brown, P Broun, W Cuevas, L E Moses, D L Chao, D M Gordon

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2021-2037
Number of pages17
JournalJOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Volume24
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1998

Keywords

  • cuticular hydrocarbons
  • Formicidae
  • Pogonomyrmex barbatus
  • task allocation
  • n-alkanes
  • EPICUTICULAR LIPID-COMPOSITION
  • CAMPONOTUS-VAGUS SCOP
  • PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES
  • RECOGNITION
  • DYNAMICS
  • PERMEABILITY
  • HYMENOPTERA
  • FORMICIDAE
  • RHINOTERMITIDAE
  • RETICULITERMES

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