Between- and within-population morphological comparisons of all castes between monogynous and polygynous colonies of the ant Myrmica kotokui

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 505-508

  Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monogynous colonies; Morphological comparison; Polygynous colonies; Reproductivity effect

Indexed keywords

ANT;

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA; MYRMICA KOTOKUI;

EID: 0036335472     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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