Complex colony structure in social insects: I. Ecological determinants and genetic consequences

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 285-297

  Banschbach, Valerie S ^a,b   Herbers, Joan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Polydomy; Queen number; Relatedness; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING;

USA, NEW YORK; USA, VERMONT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA PUNCTIVENTRIS;

EID: 0029666920     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04492.x     Document Type: Article

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