Increased soldier production in ant colonies exposed to intraspecific competition

Nature

Volumn 379, Issue 6566, 1996, Pages 630-631

  Passera, Luc ^a   Roncin, Eric ^a   Kaufmann, Bernard ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FOOD; INSECT; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIETY; WORK;

ANT; CASTE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SOLDIER PRODUCTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 0029666909     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/379630a0     Document Type: Article

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