Mating, hybridisation and introgression in Lasius ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-115

  Van Der Have, Tom M ^a,c   Pedersen, Jes Søe ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Hartland Moor; Heath land; Mating frequency; Mols Bjerge; Paternity; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS ALIENUS; LASIUS NIGER; LASIUS PSAMMOPHILUS;

EID: 79958215271     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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