Temporal polyethism in workers of Ectatomma edentatum (Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 461-478

  Antonialli Junior, William Fernando ^a   Giannotti, Edilberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTATOMMA EDENTATUM; FORMICIDAE; PONERINAE;

EID: 0037288934     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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