Sex allocation in a facultatively polygynous ant: Between-population and between-colony variation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-421

  Chan, George L ^a   Hingle, Andrew ^b   Bourke, Andrew F G ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Ants; Formicidae Hymenoptera; Leptothorax; Polygyny; Relatedness; Sex ratio; Social insect; Split sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANT; POLYGYNY; SEX ALLOCATION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 0032882118     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.409     Document Type: Article

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