Social evolution in a new environment: The case of introduced fire ants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3021-3025

  Ross, Kenneth G ^a   Vargo, Edward L ^b   Keller, Laurent ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

male diploidy; mating system; queen number; relatedness; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029863012     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.7.3021     Document Type: Article

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