Colony founding by pleometrosis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

1983/05/01 by Walter R. Tschinkel, Wälter R. Tschinkel, Dennis F. Howard · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal ecology #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Fire ant #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Nest (protein structural motif) #Plant and animal studies #Polygyny #Population #Queen (butterfly) #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00343200

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Citations

• Production and Flight of Alate Red Imported Fire Ants12
• Monogyny and Polygyny in the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta1
• Growth and Development of Colonies of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta1
• Polygyny in termites: Multiple primary queens in colonies ofNasutitermes corniger (Motschuls) (Isoptera: Termitidae)

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• Diploid male production ? a significant colony mortality factor in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Nest site limitation and facultative polygyny in the ant Leptothorax longispinosus
• Red imported fire ant [wikipedia]