Fortress repair in the social aphid species Pemphigus spyrothecae

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 909-914

  Pike, Nathan ^a,b   Foster, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; MORTALITY; NEST; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; APHIDAE; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS SPYROTHECAE;

EID: 2442555937     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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