Cooperative colony founding and experimental primary polygyny in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla villosa

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-276

  Trunzer, B ^a   Heinze, J ^b   Holldobler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony founding; Pachycondyla villosa; Pleometrosis; Ponerinae; Primary polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOUNDATION; POLYGYNY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA;

EID: 0031687844     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050087     Document Type: Article

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