Unicolonial Ants: Loss of Colony Identity

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume-Three Set

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages V3-469-V3-473

  Tsuji, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Biological invasion; Budding; Colony boundary; Competition; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Disturbance; Genetic diversity; Kin selection; Multicoloniality; Nestmate recognition; Polydomy; Polygyny; Relatedness; Social insects; Supercolony; Territorial aggression; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85181386167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00173-X     Document Type: Chapter

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