Absence of Within-Colony Kin Discrimination in a Multiple-Queen Ant, Leptothorax acervorum

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1182-1190

  Friend, Lucy A ^a   Bourke, Andrew F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANT; ANTENNA; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; GROOMING; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; KIN RECOGNITION; NEPOTISM; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 84869859055     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12024     Document Type: Article

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