Mating behaviour in the polygynous/polydomous wood ant Formica aquilonia

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-224

  Fortelius, Wilhelm ^a  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYGYNY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 22144472280     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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