Internest sex-ratio variation and male brood survival in the ant Pheidole pallidula

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-298

  Keller, Laurent ^a,b   Aron, Serge ^c   Passera, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

ant; haplodiploidy; Phendole pallidula; sex allocation; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

BROOD SURVIVAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0029662710     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.292     Document Type: Article

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