Worker discrimination among queens in newly founded colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 330-338

  Adams, Eldridge S ^a,c   Balas, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ant; Kin discrimination; Pleometrosis; Queen number; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KINSHIP; QUEEN; RECOGNITION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032896910     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050568     Document Type: Article

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