The Assault Process of the Slave-Making Ant Rossomyrmex minuchae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Ruano, Francisca ^a,b   Tinaut, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS; ROSSOMYRMEX; ROSSOMYRMEX MINUCHAE;

EID: 0842280759     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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