Host queen killing by a slave-maker ant queen: When is a host queen worth attacking?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 807-815

  Johnson, Christine A ^a   Topoff, Howard ^a   Vander Meer, Robert K ^b   Lavine, Barry ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

BREVICEPS; FORMICA; FORMICA GNAVA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS; POLYERGUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 0036436536     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.1971     Document Type: Article

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