Nest relocation and encounters between colonies of the seed-harvesting ant Messor andrei

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-70

  Brown, M J F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Encounters; Messor andrei; Nest relocation; Seed harvesting ant

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST SITE; RELOCATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR ANDREI;

EID: 0032941424     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050114     Document Type: Article

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