Cannibalism of subordinates' eggs in the monogynous queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 499-502

  Monnin, Thibaud ^a   Peeters, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; EGG LAYING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031434648     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050433     Document Type: Article

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