Effects of worker manipulation on the sex ratio of a Japanese ant species, Myrmecina nipponica

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 717-720

  Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a   Yoshioka, Riho ^a   Azuma, Noriko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myrmecina nipponica; Nutritional condition; Sex ratio; Worker manipulation

Indexed keywords

ANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVORSHIP; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; MYRMECINA NIPPONICA;

EID: 24944502690     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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