The ecology of nest movement in social insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-308

  McGlynn, Terrence P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absconding; Ant; Emigration; Migration; Nomadism; Relocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; NESTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83455205839     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100708     Document Type: Article

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