AT THE BRINK OF SUPERCOLONIALITY: GENETIC, BEHAVIORAL AND CHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS OF POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE DESERT ANT CATAGLYPHIS NIGER

At the brink of supercoloniality: genetic, behavioral and chemical assessments of population structure of the desert ant Cataglyphis niger

The nesting habits of ants play an important role in structuring ant populations.They vary from monodomy, a colony occupies a single nest, via polydomy, a colony occupies multiple adjacent nests, to supercoloniality, a colony spans over large territories comprising dozen to thousands nests without having any boundaries.The population structure of t

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Decydująca batalia – rzecz o francuskich „Lohengrinach”

W recepcji Richarda Wagnera we Francji są dwa kluczowe momenty.Pierwszy z nich jest bardzo dobrze znany miłośnikom opery na całym świecie: skandaliczne, wrogie reakcje niektórych widzów (zwłaszcza członków Jockey Club) podczas trzech paryskich wystawień Tannhäusera w marcu 1861 r., reakcje, które zrujnowały nadzieje Wagnera na karier

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Occurrence Records of Principal Sea Birds during the Cruise of the 13th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (Reports of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition)

Serums 1.Sea birds were observed during the cruise of the 13th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition from December 1971 through April 1972.2.The principal species observed are as follows : 1 species of Family Spheniscidae, 6 species of Family Diomedeidae, 11 species of Family Procellariidae, 2 species of Family Hydrobatidae and 1 species of Family

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