Positive association of queen number and queen-mating frequency in Myrmica ants: A challenge to the genetic-variability hypotheses

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 185-193

  Pedersen, Jes S ^a,b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Mating system; Polyandry; Polygyny; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR;

HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA SULCINODIS;

EID: 0032948999     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050552     Document Type: Article

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