Changes in the Structure of Nest Complexes of the Red Wood Ants Formica rufa and F. polyctena (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Urban Forests

• Date: 2023
• Main Authors: Stukalyuk, S., Goncharenko, I., Kozyr, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/500
• Journal Title: Journal Zoodiversity

The aim of this work is to evaluate changes in the structure of nest complexes of two species of red wood ants: Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 and F. polyctena Foerster, 1850, in the city of Kyiv (Ukraine) using morpho[1]metric indicators, as well as to evaluate their dynamics. In 2014–2022, nest compl...