How brood influences caste aggregation patterns in the dimorphic ant species Pheidole pallidula

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-248

  Sempo, G ^a   Depickere S ^b   Detrain, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Brood care; Castes; Division of labour; Pheidole; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD REARING; BROOD SIZE; DIMORPHISM; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WORKER CASTE;

PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 33745156119     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0864-y     Document Type: Article

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