Settlement and distribution of colony-founding queens of the arboreal ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi, in a longleaf pine forest

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-336

  Hahn, D A ^a,b   Tschinkel, W R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Formicidae; Life history; Picioides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDATION; LONGLEAF PINE; QUEEN;

USA, FLORIDA, APALACHIOCOLA NATIONAL FOREST;

CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENTOPTERA; PINACEAE; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0031453375     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050054     Document Type: Article

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