Nest connectivity and colony structure in unicolonial Argentine ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-403

  Heller, N E ^a   Ingram, K K ^a,b   Gordon, D M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Foraging; Linepithema humile; Spatial pattern; Supercolonial

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 57349150485     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-1019-0     Document Type: Article

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