Nest 'moulting' in the ant Temnothorax albipennis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-575

  Aleksiev, Antony S ^a   Sendova Franks, Ana B ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ant; building; growth; moulting; Temnothorax albipennis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; MOLT; NEST STRUCTURE; ONTOGENY; TRADE-OFF; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS;

EID: 34548635344     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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