Territory size of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A search for limits of existence of Formica polyctena först., an inherently polygynic and polycalic species

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-187

  Czechowski, Wojciech ^a   Vepsäläinen, Kari ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artificial colonisation; Food resources; Formica polyctena; Habitat requirements; Intraspecific competition; Polygyny; Queen recruitment; Sexual production; Terri toriality; Wood ants

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 67651165385     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000345409X463994     Document Type: Article

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