Seasonal and nocturnal periodicities in ant Nuptial flights in the tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 601-626

  Torres, Juan A ^a,b   Snelling, Roy R ^c   Canals, Miguel ^d  

^a Department of Biology   (Puerto Rico)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d Dept Nat Rsrc and Environ Studs ^*  (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ants; Dry forest; Nuptial flights; Puerto rico; Seasonality; Sex ratio; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035609882     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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