Mating behaviour in a slave-making ant, Rossomyrmex minuchae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 328-331

  Ruano, Francisca ^a   Tinaut, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; ROSSOMYRMEX MINUCHAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA; ROSSOMYRMEX; ROSSOMYRMEX MINUCHAE;

EID: 23944439129     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0633-1     Document Type: Article

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