Sociometry and sociogenesis of colony-level attributes of the Florida harvester ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-89

  Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Colony size; Development; Florida harvester ant; Seasonality; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; GROWTH; SEASONALITY; SEED; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS;

EID: 0032788764     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.1.80     Document Type: Article

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