Reproduction versus work in queenless ants: When to join a hierarchy of hopeful reproductives?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-422

  Monnin, Thibaud ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinoponera; Dominance hierarchy; Ponerine ants; Queenless ants; Regulation of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION;

DIACAMMA; DINOPONERA; DINOPONERA QUADRICEPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032749816     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050637     Document Type: Article

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