Smaller brains and optic lobes in reproductive workers of the ant Harpegnathos

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 343-345

  Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a,b   Liebig, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN SIZE; GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; FORMICIDAE; HARPEGNATHOS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032818756     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050631     Document Type: Article

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