Regulation of diet in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-328

  Cassill, Deby Lee ^a,b   Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Larvae; Nutritional ecology; Recruitment; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032766202     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1020835304713     Document Type: Article

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