Dependent colony founding in the ant Proformica longiseta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-82

  Fernandez Escudero I ^a   Seppa P ^b   Pamilo, P ^c  

^a Ctra Segorbe N85 5E ^*  (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; Budding; Dependent colony founding; Fission; Proformica longiseta

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; POLYGYNY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA;

EID: 0035085341     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001750     Document Type: Article

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