INFLUENCE OF AMMONIUM BROMIDE AND PICLORAM IN SYNGONIUM MICROPROPAGATION


Morphometrics, life history and population biology of the Ponto-Caucasian slave-making ant Myrmoxenus tamarae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract.The ant genus Myrmoxenus kaiser copy stands consists of about ten socially parasitic species including active slave-makers and workerless "degenerate slave-makers".Myrmoxenus tamarae was previously known only from type material, two workers collected at Daba, Georgia and nothing was known about its life history, colony structure or the mor

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Worker Size Diversity Has No Effect on Overwintering Success under Natural Conditions in the Ant Temnothorax nylanderi

Winter is a difficult period for animals that live in temperate zones.It can inflict high mortality or induce weight loss with potential consequences on performance during the growing season.Social groups include individuals of various ages and sizes.This diversity may improve the ability of groups to buffer winter disturbances such as starvation o

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