The relationship between the distribution of worker sizes and new worker production in the ant Formica neorufibarbis

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These are the first results to directly link the range of worker sizes to a component of colony fitness in a natural setting.

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2003DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00503.x

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The relationship between the distribution of worker sizes and new worker production in the ant Formica neorufibarbis

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