Queen adoption in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Souza, Danival J ^a,b   Della Lucia, Terezinha M C ^a   Lima, Eraldo R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Attini; Polygyny; Queen adoption; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ANT; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT LEAF; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS MOLESTANS; ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE;

EID: 20444473399     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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