Nest signature changes throughout colony cycle and after social parasite invasion in social wasps

Social insects recognize their nestmates by means of a cuticular hydrocarbon signature shared by colony members, but how nest signature changes across time has been rarely tested in longitudinal studies and in the field. In social wasps, the chemical signature is also deposited on the nest surface,...

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Autores principales: Elia, Marta, Blancato, Giuliano, Picchi, Laura, Lucas, Christophe, Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève, Lorenzi, Maria Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5736209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29261775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190018

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5736209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29261775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190018

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