Ritualized conflict in Odontomachus brunneus and the generation of interaction-based task allocation: A new organizational mechanism in ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 965-972

  Powell, Scott ^a,b   Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONTOMACHUS BRUNNEUS;

EID: 0032745691     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1238     Document Type: Article

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