Division of labor and the evolution of task sharing in queen associations of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Cahan, Sara Helms ^a,b   Fewell, Jennifer H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Pogonomyrmex californicus; Queen associations; Specialization; Task sharing

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; QUEEN; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPECIALIZATION;

FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 2442553819     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0746-5     Document Type: Article

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