Multiple paternity and colony homeostasis in Lasius niger ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-58

  Fjerdingstad, Else J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Condition; Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Phenotypic variation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; HOMEOSTASIS; PATERNITY; QUEEN; STRESS;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 85041133021     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0759-8     Document Type: Article

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