Conditions favoring queen execution in young social insect colonies

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-83

  Balas, M T ^a  

^a Thiel College   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Pleometrosis; Queen number; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; QUEEN; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 20844461956     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0774-9     Document Type: Article

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