Proximate determinants of reproductive skew in polygyne colonies of the ant Formica fusca

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 961-973

  Hannonen, Minttumaaria ^a   Sundström, Liselotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICA; FORMICA FUSCA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036854781     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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