Colony kin structure, reproductive dominance and colony founding strategies in the ant Rhytidoponera sp. 12 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-76

  Tay, Wee Tek ^a   Seppä, Perttu ^b   Pamilo, Pekka ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colony fission; Gamergate turn over; Queenless ant; Reproductive skew; Rhytidoponera sp. 12; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; RHYTIDOPONERA SP.; RHYTIDOPONERA SP. 12;

EID: 79958200245     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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