Intranest relatedness and nestmate recognition in the meadow ant Formica pratensis (R.)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 366-374

  Pirk, C W W ^a,b   Neumann, P ^a   Moritz, R F A ^b   Pamilo, P ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ant; Formica pratensis; Monodomy; Nestmate recognition; Polydomy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONY; RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS;

FORMICA PRATENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035030070     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000315     Document Type: Article

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