Reproductive conflicts and mutilation in queenless Diacamma ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-311

  Baratte, Sebastien ^a   Cobb, Matthew ^b   Peeters, Christian ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; FERTILITY; GAMERGATE; MATING SUCCESS; MONOGAMY; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

DIACAMMA; DIACAMMA AUSTRALE; DIACAMMA CEYLONENSE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33746608045     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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