Do Ant Brood Pheromones Exist?
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Do Ant Brood Pheromones Exist?
A brood pheromone is a chemical or mixture of chemicals released by immature stages that elicits a behavioral response in conspecific adults. The current literature devoted to brood pheromones in several ant species does not prove the existence of such a pheromone or even of brood-specific chemicals. The possibility of a food response or a nestmate recognition response, two of the most confound...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1938-2901,0013-8746
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/81.5.705