Dominance hierarchy and reproductive conflicts among subordinates in a monogynous queenless ant

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Monnin, Thibaud ^a   Peeters, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Dominance; Gamergate; Hierarchy; Pheromone; Ponerinae; Relatedness; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTION;

DINOPONERA QUADRICEPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0033012416     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.323     Document Type: Article

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