Colony founding, queen dominance and oligogyny in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

Field observations and laboratory experiments demonstrate that in the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus, the modes of colony founding are remarkably diverse. New colonies can originate from single foundresses (haplometrosis), or foundress associations (pleometrosis), or by colony budding, o...

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