Outstations as stable meeting points for workers from different nests in a polydomous nest system of Formica exsecta Nyl. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Csata, Eniko ^a   Markó, Bálint ^a   Eros, Katalin ^a   Gál, Csilla ^a   Szász Len, Anna Mária ^a   Czekes, Zsolt ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ants; Aphids; Foraging; Formica exsecta; Guarding; Polydomy; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; COLONY FOUNDING; NEST SITE;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84864759874     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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