Allometry of workers of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Tschinkel, Walter R ^a   Mikheyev, Alexander S ^a   Storz, Shonna R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Caste; Isometry; Morphology; Morphometry; Polymorphism; Relative growth; Shape; Size shape relationships; Worker size

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 2942642319     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/3.1.2     Document Type: Article

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