Durability of information concerning the presence of a gamergate in Diacamma sp. from Japan

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Kikuchi, Tomonori ^a   Suwabe, Mayuko ^a   Tsuji, Kazuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony size; Diacamma sp.; Queen signal; Self restraint.

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; GAMERGATE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STERILITY;

JAPAN;

DIACAMMA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954439543     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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