Mate guarding and alternative reproductive tactics in the ant Hypoponera opacior

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 597-604

  Foitzik, Susanne ^a,b   Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Oberstadt, Björn ^a   Herbers, Joan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CARDIOCONDYLA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOPONERA; HYPOPONERA OPACIOR;

EID: 0036352062     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1945     Document Type: Article

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