Small queens in the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum: A new case of social parasitism

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Hora, Riviane R ^a,b   Doums, Claudie ^c   Poteaux, Chantal ^a   Fénéron, Renée ^a   Valenzuela, Jorge ^d   Heinze, Jürgen ^e   Fresneau, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ectatomminae; Microgynes; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; QUEEN; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

ECTATOMMA RUIDUM; ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICINAE;

EID: 27644511289     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0040-9     Document Type: Article

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