Development of alary muscles in single- and multiple-queen populations of the wood ant Formica truncorum

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Johnson, Christine A ^a,b,c   Sundström, Liselotte ^a   Billen, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE; QUEEN;

FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 22144455388     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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