Mechanisms regulating functional monogyny in a Japanese population of Leptothorax acervorum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Dominance hierarchy and preferential egg cannibalism

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Ito, Fuminori ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Dominance hierarchy; Functional monogyny; Oophagy

Indexed keywords

ANT; CANNIBALISM; DOMINANCE; MONOGYNY; QUEEN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 31844436513     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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