Stay or drift? Queen acceptance in the ant Formica paralugubris

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Holzer, B ^a   Meunier, J ^a   Keller, L ^a   Chapuisat, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Dispersal; Mating status; Queen acceptance

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; KINSHIP; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SURVIVAL;

FORMICA PARALUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 57349173209     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-1017-2     Document Type: Article

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