Nestmate interactions and egg-laying behaviour in the queenless ponerine ant Rhytidoponera sp. 12

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-140

  Tay, W T ^a,b   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; Gamergate; Nestmate interactions; Rhytidoponera; Trophic eggs

Indexed keywords

ANT; GAMERGATE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; RHYTIDOPONERA;

EID: 0034048423     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001691     Document Type: Article

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