Semi-claustral founding and worker behaviour in gynes of Messor andrei

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-195

  Brown, M J F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Messor andrei; Queen behaviour; Seed harvesting ant; Semi claustral colony founding

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY ESTABLISHMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR ANDREI;

EID: 0033030780     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050133     Document Type: Article

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