Depletion of reserves in ant queens during claustral colony founding

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-302

  Wheeler, D E ^a   Buck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

lipid; mating flight; Storage protein

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS FESTINATUS; CREMATOGASTER OPUNTIAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0029782420     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242930     Document Type: Article

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