Reproductive strategy of the slave ant Formica podzolica relative to raiding efficiency of enslaver species

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-210

  Savolainen, R ^a,b   Vepsalainen K ^a,b   Deslippe, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony ontogeny; Formica podzolica; Mound size; Reproduction, slavery

Indexed keywords

FORMICA PODZOLICA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0001208467     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242571     Document Type: Article

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