Ant fauna of the Indian Institute of Science campus survey and some preliminary observations

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Rastogi, Neelkamal ^a   Nair, Padmini ^b   Kolatkar, Milind ^c   William, Harry ^b   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^b,c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ants; Diacamma; Foraging strategies; Leptogenys; Myrmicaria; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

FORAGING STRATEGIES; SOCIAL INSECTS;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 0031083980     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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