Population and colony structure of an ant with territorial males, Cardiocondyla venustula
Abstract Background Many species of social insects have large-scale mating and dispersal flights and their populations are therefore often relatively homogenous. In contrast, dispersal on the wing appears to be uncommon in most species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla, because its males are wingless a...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1448-6 |