Thigmotaxis Mediates Trail Odour Disruption

Abstract Disruption of foraging using oversupply of ant trail pheromones is a novel pest management application under investigation. It presents an opportunity to investigate the interaction of sensory modalities by removal of one of the modes. Superficially similar to sex pheromone-based mating dis...

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Main Authors: Lloyd D. Stringer, Joshua E. Corn, Hyun Sik Roh, Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez, Lee-Anne M. Manning, Aimee R. Harper, David M. Suckling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01958-z