The emergence of division of labour in forced associations of normally solitary ant queens

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-548

  Fewell, Jennifer H ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labour; Emergent properties; Foundress associations; Pogonomyrmex barbatus; Self organization; Social insects; Task specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004469838     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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