Brood care and male behavior in queenless Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colonies under laboratory conditions

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 717-726

  Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   Lopes, Juliane F S ^b   Andrade, Ana Paula P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UnB   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral acts; Leaf cutting ants; Males; Queenless colony

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33750620842     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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