Nest construction in the arboreal ant Polyrhachis tubifex Karavaiev, 1926

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-123

  Robson, Simon K A ^a   Kohout, Rudolf J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Nesting ecology; Polyrhachis tubifex; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; POLYRHACHIS TUBIFEX;

EID: 77249173050     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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