Lack of detectable nepotism in multiple-queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-33

  DeHeer, Christopher J ^a   Ross, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Kin discrimination; Kin selection; Relatedness; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0031049194     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050312     Document Type: Article

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