Geographic variation of caste structure among ant populations

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 514-519

  Yang, Andrew S ^a   Martin, Christopher H ^a   Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMASS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE MORRISI;

EID: 1842535110     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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