Fecundity and the behavioural profile of reproductive workers in the queenless ant, Pachycondyla (= Ophthalmopone) berthoudi

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-316

  Sledge, Matthew F ^a,b   Peeters, Christian ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032956284     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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