Queen number influences the primary sex ratio in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (= Iridomyrmex humilis)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Keller, Laurent ^a,b   L'hoste, Grégoire ^a   Balloux, François ^a   Plumey, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDOMYRMEX HUMILIS; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; HYMENOPTERA;

ARGENTINE ANT; FITNESS; HAPLODIPLOIDY; QUEEN; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0029667629     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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