Slave addition increases sexual production of the facultative slave-making ant Formica subnuda

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Savolainen, Riitta ^a,b   Deslippe, Richard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Sexual production; Slave addition; Slavemaker

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICA PODZOLICA; FORMICA SUBNUDA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ANT; SEXUAL PRODUCTION; SLAVE-MAKING ANT;

EID: 0029666917     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050226     Document Type: Article

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