Number of queens in founding associations of the ponerine ant Pachycondyla villosa

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-332

  D'Ettorre, P ^a,b   Kellner, K ^a   Delabie, J H C ^c   Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Pachycondyla; Pleometrosis; Ponerine ants; Primary polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEST SITE; POLYGYNY; QUEEN;

FORMICIDAE; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA;

EID: 28544443738     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0815-z     Document Type: Article

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