Queen acceptance in a socially polymorphic ant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Meunier, Joël ^a   Reber, Anabelle ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Formica selysi; Nestmate recognition; Queen number; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; KIN SELECTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICA SELYSI;

EID: 78650210701     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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