Effect of body size on aggression in the ant, Cataglyphis niger (Hymenoptera; Formicidae)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-379

  Nowbahari, Elise ^a   Fénéron, Renée ^a   Malherbe, Marie Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Game theory; Nestmate recognition; Polymorphic ant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033475140     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1999)25:5<369::AID-AB5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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