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Behav Processes

Title:		"Possible function for a previously discovered pheromone on the last sternite of the ant Tetramorium impurum mayr (hymenoptera, formicidae, myrmicinae)"
Author(s):		Verhaeghe JC; Cammaerts MC;
Address:		"Laboratoire de Biologie Animale et Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium"
Journal Title:		Behav Processes
Year:		1993
Volume:		28
Issue:		3
Page Number:		199 - 207
DOI:		10.1016/0376-6357(93)90093-7
ISSN/ISBN:		0376-6357 (Print) 0376-6357 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Experimental results show that, if laid together with a poison gland extract on artificial trails, the ethological factor previously found on the last visible sternite of Tetramorium impurum incites ants to prefer these trails to poison gland ones, as well as newer trails to older ones. It is demonstrated that the foragers effectively deposit onto the ground some factor acting synergistically with poison gland secretions as a trail pheromone. This factor, which may be the one under study, may incite ants to follow preferentially the newest trails traced on their foraging area"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEVerhaeghe, J C Cammaerts, M C eng Netherlands 1993/02/01 Behav Processes. 1993 Feb; 28(3):199-207. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(93)90093-7"