A review of the nesting habits and socioecology of the ant genus: Polyrhachis fr. Smith

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-99

  Robson, Simon K A ^a   Kohout, Rudolf J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Mating systems; Nesting ecology; Polyrhachis; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; POLYRHACHIS;

EID: 84866354876     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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