Colony structure and reproduction in the ant, Leptothorax acervorum

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 359-367

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Lipski, Norbert ^a   Schlehmeyer, Kathrin ^a   Holldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Leptothorax; Polygyny; Population structure; Relatedness; Reproductive success; Behav Ecol 6: 359 367 (1995)

Indexed keywords

LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; MONOGYNY; NEST-MATE RELATEDNESS; POLYGYNY; QUEEN;

GERMANY, NURNBERGER REICHSWALD;

EID: 0028995552     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/6.4.359     Document Type: Article

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