Experimental investigation of the mechanism of reproductive differentiation in the queenless ant, Diacamma sp., from Japan

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 633-643

  Tsuji, Kazuki ^a   Peeters, Christian ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

JAPAN;

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031829511     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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