Worker reproduction in the ponerine ant Odontomachus simillimus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-440

  Van Walsum, E ^a   Gobin, B ^a   Ito, F ^b   Billen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Odontomachus; Ponerinae; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032357321     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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