Multiple mating and facultative polygyny in the Panamanian leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Bekkevold, Dorte ^a   Frydenberg, Jane ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Facultative polygyny; Leafcutter ants; Multiple mating; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ANT; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032788885     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050598     Document Type: Article

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