Social status and reproductive success in queenless ant colonies

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1093-1105

  Trunzer, B ^a   Heinze, J ^b   Holldobler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033261952     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501775     Document Type: Article

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