Intraspecific usurpation of incipient fire ant colonies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-103

  Balas, Michael T ^a,b   Adams, Eldridge S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brood raids; fire ants; kin recognition; Solenopsis invicta; usurpation

Indexed keywords

BROOD RAIDING; COLONY USURPATION; QUEEN-WORKER INTERACTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030618881     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.99     Document Type: Article

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