Phenotype and individual investment in cooperative foundress associations of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 478-485

  Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a,c   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Body size; Conflict; Cooperation; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGETICS; QUEEN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0031719283     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.5.478     Document Type: Article

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