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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > behavior > animal behavior > kin recognition > nestmate recognition
Fields of Study > zoology > animal behavior > kin recognition > nestmate recognition
Animals, Livestock, One Health > zoology > animal behavior > kin recognition > nestmate recognition
Preferred Term:

nestmate recognition

Definition:
A discrimination behavior exhibited by social insects belonging to different colonies, mediated by odors, chemical signals, or pheromone differences between individual colony members.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
kin recognition
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/68706
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-10-30, last modified 2012-11-30