A newly-discovered mode of colony founding among fire ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Tschinkel, W R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formicidae; orphaning; queen replacement; queen turnover; Solenopsis invicta; Temporary social parasitism

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0029739931     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242928     Document Type: Article

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