Sex allocation in mound-building ants: The roles of resources and queen replenishment

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1945-1952

  Brown, William D ^a,b,d   Keller, Laurent ^a   Sundström, Liselotte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica exsecta; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Local resource competition; Polygyny; Reproductive allocation; Resource limitation; Sex ratio; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; POLYGYNY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0013068696     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1945:SAIMBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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