Policing in queenless ponerine ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-108

  Monnin, Thibaud ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Gamergate; Punishment; Queen policing; Queenless ants; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034942264     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100351     Document Type: Review

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