Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1451, 2000, Pages 1439-1444

  Sundstrom, L ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formica; Kin selection; Male strategies; Reproductive conflicts; Sex allocation; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION; FATHER; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MATING; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPERM; WORKER;

FORMICA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034702466     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1161     Document Type: Article

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