Hierarchy length in orphaned colonies of the ant Temnothorax nylanderi

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 757-760

  Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dominance; Formicidae; Hierarchy length; Kin conflict; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONY; DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FITNESS; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TEMNOTHORAX NYLANDERI; WORKER (INSECT);

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

FORMICIDAE; TEMNOTHORAX NYLANDERI;

EID: 46749154276     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0375-y     Document Type: Article

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