First record of unicolonial polygyny in Tetramorium cf. caespitum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-99

  Steiner, F M ^a   Schlick Steiner, B C ^a   Buschinger, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression test; Austria; Polygyny; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; POLYGYNY;

AUSTRIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 0037228227     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400300015     Document Type: Article

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