Social parasitism in ants: Effects of the inquiline parasite Plagiolepis xene St. on queen distribution and worker production of its host Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr.

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-79

  Passera, L ^a   Gilbert, M ^b   Aron, S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Egg eating; Formicidae; Social parasitism; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INQUILINISM; QUEEN; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA; PLAGIOLEPIS XENE;

EID: 0035078417     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001749     Document Type: Article

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