Population Studies of the Ant Myrmica Schencki Ssp. Emeryana Forel

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Article

Publication Title

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Abstract

Social insects offer certain advantages for population studies not found in other animals. They form a definite population unit, the colony, which is composed of distinct types of individuals: workers, males, and females. Developmental stages: eggs, larvae, and pupae, are also distinct enough so that they may be placed in separate age groups. They build characteristic nests, which are an expression of the instincts of the colony; and individual activities, such as foraging, building, and caring for brood, are all cooperative labors centering about colony maintenance. More than with other animals each individual of a colony is merely a cog in the population unit.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/38.3.365

Publication Date

9-1945

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