Facultative polygyny and habitat succession in boreal ants

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 533-551

  Seppä, Perttu ^a   Sundström, Liselotte ^a   Puntitila, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

competition; genetic relatedness; nest site availability; queen number; social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001291844     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4066(95)90003-9     Document Type: Review

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