A comparison of the colony-founding potential of queens from single- and multiple-queen colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 655-661

  DeHeer, Christopher J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; POLYGYNY; POLYMORPHISM; QUEEN;

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

EID: 0036425090     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3095     Document Type: Article

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