Reproductive conflict and division of labor in Eutetramorium mocquerysi, a myrmicine ant without morphologically distinct female reproductives

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 701-717

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a   Alpert, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; LABOR DIVISION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EUTETRAMORIUM MOCQUERYSI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0344604468     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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