Monogyny and regulation of worker mating in the queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Monnin, Thibaud ^a   Peeters, Christian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMERGATE; MONOGYNY; QUEENLESS ANT; REPRODUCTION; WORKER MATING;

DINOPONERA QUADRICEPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032008074     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0601     Document Type: Article

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