On the evolution of claustral colony founding in ants

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-313

  Brown, Mark J F ^a   Bonhoeffer, Sebastian ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony founding; Evolution; Formicidae; Mortality; Semi claustral

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 1942436655     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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