Mode of colony foundation influences the primary sex ratio in ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 325-329

  Aron, Serge ^a   Passera, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; SEX RATIO;

LASIUS NIGER; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0033083066     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0973     Document Type: Article

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