Male reproductive success: Paternity contribution to queens and workers in Formica ants

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Keller, Laurent ^a,b   Sundström, Liselotte ^a,b,c   Chapuisat, Michel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Caste determination; Male reproductive success; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

PATERNITY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WORKER;

FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030854765     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050358     Document Type: Article

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