Sex ratio bias, relatedness asymmetry and queen mating frequency in ants

Nature

Volumn 367, Issue 6460, 1994, Pages 266-268

  Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; MATING FREQUENCY; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS ASYMMETRY; SEX RATIO;

FINLAND;

FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0028181912     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/367266a0     Document Type: Article

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