Comment on Moffett: "supercolonies of billions in an invasive ant: What is a society?"

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 935-937

  Lester, Philip J ^a   Gruber, Monica A M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; fitness; Linepithema humile; size; supercolony

Indexed keywords

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 84865751225     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars048     Document Type: Note

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