Ovarian Maturation under Cold Winter Conditions in a High-Mountain Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1373-1377

  Fernandez Escudero I ^a   Tinaut, A ^a   Ruano, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

High mountains; Ovarian cycle; Phenology; Proformica longiseta

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA;

EID: 0005578043     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1373     Document Type: Article

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