Plesiobiosis between Formica fusca L. and Formica aquilonia Yarr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 125-127

  Czechowski, Wojciech ^a   Vepsäläinen, Kari ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ants; Competition; Compound nests; Evolution of social parasitism; Formica aquilonia; Formica fusca; Plesiobiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012367992     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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