Seasonal cycle of colony structure in the Ponerine ant Pachycondyla chinensis in western Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-104

  Gotoh, A ^a   Ito, F ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Pachycondyla chinensis; Poly domy; Polygyny; Queen replacement

Indexed keywords

ANT; BREEDING SEASON; CASTE; COLONY; POLYGYNY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCONDYLA CHINENSIS; PONERINAE;

EID: 39749116878     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0977-y     Document Type: Article

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