Queen recruitment in a multiple-queen population of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 428-435

  Goodisman, Michael A D ^a,c   Ross, Kenneth G ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Polygyny; Relatedness; Social insects; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; QUEEN; RECRUITMENT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032872683     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.428     Document Type: Article

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