Intracolony relatedness and polydomy in the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Van Wilgenburg, Ellen ^a   Mulder, Raoul A ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYGYNY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS;

EID: 33646544376     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO05075     Document Type: Article

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