The effect of queen number on nestmate discrimination in the facultatively polygynous ant Pseudomyrmex pallidus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 573-584

  Starks, Philip T ^a   Watson, Rebecca E ^a   Dipaola, Matthew J ^a   Dipaola, Christian P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; POLYGYNY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOMYRMEX PALLIDUS;

EID: 0031902349     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00092.x     Document Type: Article

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