More and bigger queens: A clue to the invasive success of the Argentine ant (Hymeno-ptera: Formicidae) in natural habitats

Myrmecological News

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-24

  Abril, Sílvia ^a   Díaz, Mireia ^a   Enríquez, Martha L ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fat content; Oviposition rate; Queen colony investment; Queen densities; Queen size

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 84875489791     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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