[ **up: [[Biology]]** ] --- # Nestmate recognition > “Nestmate recognition is the process whereby an individual differentiates between individuals belonging to their own versus an alien colony.”[^1] - further reading: - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-010-1094-x#Sec17 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-011-1299-7 [^1]: ScienceDirect, ‘Nestmate Recognition’, *Trends in Ecology & Evolution*, 2013, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/nestmate-recognition.