Sex ratios and the distribution of elaiosomes in colonies of the ant, Aphaenogaster rudis

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 320-325

  Bono, J M ^a,b   Heithaus, E R ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster rudis; Elaiosomes; Food distribution; Queen determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; LIPID; NUTRITION; QUEEN; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SANGUINARIA; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036440668     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012655     Document Type: Article

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