Queen morphology and dispersal tactics in the ant, Cardiocondyla batesii

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-132

  Heinze, J ^a   Schrempf, A ^a   Seifert, B ^b   Tinaut, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiocondyla batesii; Dispersal; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; QUEEN; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA BATESII; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036281421     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8291-1     Document Type: Article

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