Queen phenotype and behaviour during cooperative colony founding in Polyrhachis moesta

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Sasaki, K ^a,b   Jibiki, E ^a   Satoh, T ^a   Obara, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony founding; Mutualism; Pleometrosis; Secondary monogyny

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; QUEEN;

FORMICIDAE; POLYRHACHIS MOESTA;

EID: 20844447041     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0764-y     Document Type: Article

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