Different attack modes of Formica species in interspecific one-on-one combats with other ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-216

  Heuts, Boudewijn A ^a   Cornelissen, Paul ^b   Lambrechts, Dave Y M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Former Dept of Animal Behaviour   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ants; Decapitation; Fight technique; Formica; Monogyny polygyny; Proximo distal lesions; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038266913     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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