Natural history observations on the velvety tree ant (Liometopum occidentale): Unicoloniality and mating flights

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 787-794

  Wang, Thea B ^a   Patel, Ankur ^a   Vu, Francis ^a   Nonacs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LIOMETOPUM; LIOMETOPUM OCCIDENTALE; PINUS CALIFORNIARUM;

EID: 77953271410     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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