Queen longevity, queen adoption, and posthumous indirect fitness in the facultatively polygynous ant Myrmica tahoensis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-284

  Evans, Jay D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Formicidae; Life history; Microsatellite dna; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ANT; EUSOCIALITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; POLYGYNY; QUEEN ADOPTION; QUEEN LONGEVITY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRICA TAHOENSIS; MYRMICA TAHOENSIS;

EID: 0030303051     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050290     Document Type: Article

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