Evolution of social parasitism in ants: Size of sexuals, sex ratio and mechanisms of caste determination

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1415, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Aron, S ^a   Passera, L ^b   Keller, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant; Caste threshold; Local mate competition; Sex ratio; Size variance; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; PARASITISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA; PLAGIOLEPIS XENE;

EID: 0033593440     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0618     Document Type: Article

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