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Polydomy in ants: what we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done

2007-02-01

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The correct identification of colony boundaries is an essential prerequisite for empirical studies of ant behaviour and evolution. Ant colonies function at various organizational levels, and these boundaries may be difficult to assess. Moreover, new complexity can be generated through the presence of spatially discrete subgroups within a more or less genetically homogeneous colony, a situation called polydomy. A c...

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Literature Corpus work: 5babb3a4-405e-5a18-a1b0-365891a3f338
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00728.x

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