Social Evolution: Pathways to Ant Unicoloniality

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Duncan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; EVOLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36849074360     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.031     Document Type: Short Survey

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