Nest mate recognition in ants with complex colonies: Within- and between-population variation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 676-685

  Stuart, Robin J ^a,c   Herbers, Joan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony structure; Nest mate recognition; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; KIN RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INSECT;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX LONGISPINOSUS;

EID: 0034580847     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.6.676     Document Type: Article

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