A morphological comparison of alates between monogynous and polygynous colonies of Myrmica kotokui in northernmost Japan

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-255

  Kikuchi, T ^a   Higashi, S ^a   Murakami, T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Macrogyne; Microgyne; Monogyny; Myrmica kotokui; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD;

MYRMICA KOTOKUI;

EID: 0032765214     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050142     Document Type: Article

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