Dominance hierarchies and aggressive behavior among queens of the inquiline ant Vollenhovia nipponica

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-206

  Satoh, A ^a   Ohkawara, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Dominance; Functional monogyny; Inquilinism; Queens

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; ANTAGONISM; DOMINANCE; MONOGYNY; PARASITISM; QUEEN; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

FORMICIDAE; VOLLENHOVIA EMERYI; VOLLENHOVIA NIPPONICA;

EID: 44449157576     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-0989-2     Document Type: Article

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