Causes and Consequences of Queen-Number Variation in the California Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex californicus.

abstract: Social insect colonies exhibit striking diversity in social organization. Included in this overwhelming variation in structure are differences in colony queen number. The number of queens per colony varies both intra- and interspecifically and has major impacts on the social dynamics of a...

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Other Authors: Overson, Rick (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9195