Fitness consequences of cooperative colony founding in the desert leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-591

  Cahaii, Sara ^a   Julian, Glennis ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex versicolor; Cooperation; Division of labor; Leaf cutter ant; Pleometrosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS;

ACROMYRMEX VERSICOLOR; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032744125     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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