Habitat-related aggressive behaviour between neighbouring colonies of the polydomous wood ant Formica aquilonia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-153

  Sorvari, Jouni ^a   Hakkarainen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONIAL ORGANISM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1142293933     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.03.009     Document Type: Article

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