Multiple mating increases the sperm stores of Atta colombica leafcutter ant queens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-261

  Fjerdingstad, Else J ^a,b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fitness; Microsatellites; Multiple mating; Social insects

Indexed keywords

LEAF-CUTTING ANT; MULTIPLE MATING; QUEEN; SPERM STORAGE;

ATTA COLOMBICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031980948     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050437     Document Type: Article

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