Queen and worker policing in the monogynous and monandrous ant, Diacamma sp.

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-189

  Kikuta, Noritsugu ^a   Tsuji, Kazuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral dominance; Diacamma; Monandry; Policing; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032873939     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050608     Document Type: Article

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