Is Her Majesty at home?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 505-506

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUEEN; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 4544327124     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.07.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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