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Queen Sex Pheromone of the Slave-making Ant, Polyergus breviceps
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-05-2007)“…Workers of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps, raid nests of Formica ants and return with Formica pupae that mature into worker ants in the…”
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Social Regulation of Behavioral Development in the Ant, Novomessor albisetosus (Mayr)
Published in Journal of comparative psychology (1983) (01-03-1985)“…Temporal polyethism is used as a gauge for behavioral development in an arid-land ant. A worker is considered mature when it spends more than half of its time…”
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Formica Wheeleri: Darwin's Predatory Slave-Making Ant?
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1991)Get full text
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Polymorphism in Army Ants Related to Division of Labor and Colony Cyclic Behavior
Published in The American naturalist (01-11-1971)“…Comparisons of frequency distributions and allometric relationships of pupal size among species representing the doryline ant genera Eciton, Neivamyrmex, and…”
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Host Specificity in Raiding Behavior of the Slave-Making Ant Polyergus Lucidus
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1987)“…In the pine barrens of Suffolk County, New York, at least three species of Formica (subgenus Neoformica) are used as slaves by the obligatory slave-making ant…”
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Mating Behavior of the Socially-Parasitic Ant Polyergus Breviceps: The Role of the Mandibular Glands
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-01-1988)Get full text
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Do these eggs smell funny to you?: an experimental study of egg discrimination by hosts of the social parasite Polyergus breviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (2005)“…Social parasites exploit the behaviours of other social species. Infiltration of host systems involves a variety of mechanisms depending on the conditions…”
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Emigration Raids by Slave-Making Ants: A Rapid-Transit System for Colony Relocation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1983)Get full text
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Macroscope: A Charles Darwin (187th) Birthday Quiz
Published in American scientist (01-03-1997)Get full text
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The Role of Scouting in Slave Raids by Polyergus Breviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1987)Get full text
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The Emigration Behavior of Two Species of the Genus Pheidole (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1981)Get full text
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The Social Behavior of Army Ants
Published in Scientific American (01-11-1972)Get full text
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Sex pheromone of queens of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-06-2004)“…The sex attractant pheromone produced in mandibular glands of queens of the slave-making ant Polyergus breviceps has been identified as a blend of methyl…”
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Trail Following and its Development in the Neotropical Army Ant Genus Eciton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)
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Host queen killing by a slave-maker ant queen: when is a host queen worth attacking?
Published in Animal behaviour (01-11-2002)“…A new colony of the slave-making ant Polyergus breviceps is initiated when a newly mated gyne invades a host nest and kills the resident queen. This process…”
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Statary Behavior in Nomadic Colonies of Army Ants: The Effect of Overfeeding
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (1981)Get full text
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A Charles Darwin birthday quiz
Published in American scientist (01-03-1997)“…An 11-item quiz is presented to mark the 187th birthday of Charles Darwin, who is best known for the theory of 'evolution by natural selection.' Seven or more…”
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A Unique Predatory Association Between Carabid Beetles of the Genus Helluomorphoides and Colonies of the Army Ant Neivamyrmex Nigrescens
Published in Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-01-1969)Get full text
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Universe Creation
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (20-03-1987)Get full text
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Queens of the socially parasitic antPolyergus do not kill queens ofFormica that have not formed colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published in Journal of insect behavior (01-01-1994)Get full text
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