Social and genetic structure of the ant Leptothorax risii forel, 1892 (insecta, hymenoptera, formicidae) from Gran Canaria

Miscellania Zoologica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony structure; Formicidae; Leptothorax; Monogyny; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX RISII;

EID: 0032463291     PISSN: 02116529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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