Group defense by colony-founding queens in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-308

  Jerome, Christopher A ^a   McInnes, Donald A ^a   Adams, Eldridge S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Group defense; Pleometrosis; Queen number; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

COLONY-FOUNDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR; GREEN ANT; NEST DEFENCE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0031815192     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.3.301     Document Type: Article

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