Gamergates in the Australian ant subfamily Myrmeciinae

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 432-435

  Dietemann, Vincent ^a,c   Peeters, Christian ^b   Hölldobler, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

ANT; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; MALE; MYRMECIA PYRIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION;

ARACHNIDA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECIA PYRIFORMIS; MYRMECIINAE;

EID: 5344271826     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0549-1     Document Type: Article

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