Nest complexity, group size and brood rearing in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-163

  Cassill, D ^a   Tschinkel, W R ^b   Vinson, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamber size; Information flow; Mound structure; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD REARING; COLONY STRUCTURE; GROUP SIZE; NEST STRUCTURE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0036285130     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8296-9     Document Type: Article

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