Alternative reproductive strategies: A queen perspective in ants

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 508-512

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a   Keller, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; QUEEN; SOCIAL PARASITISM; TURNOVER;

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT; EGG LAYING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0033637721     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01995-9     Document Type: Review

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