Variation of colony types in the ant Formica cinerea

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-332

  Lindstrom K ^a,b   Berglind, S A ^a   Pamilo, P ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

conservation; Formica cinerea; monogyny; polygyny; relatedness

Indexed keywords

FORMICA CINEREA;

EID: 0029910413     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01242934     Document Type: Article

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